Perfect Gingerbread Cookies

By lilbit411922

Ingredients

• 2 soft sticks of butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup light molasses
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp ground cloves

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar, add salt, soda and spices.

Add eggs and molasses, add flour, the dough will be very soft and must be well chilled before handling.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out dough on a heavily floured surface. Dough must be rolled very thin 1/8" in order to keep the shape of the cookie cutter.

Decorate and bake 8-10 minutes.