Gingerbread Cookies for Coffee Recipe
Ingredients
| Flour | 3 Cup (48 tbs), sifted | |
| Allspice | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Ginger | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | |
| Baking soda | 1⁄2 Teaspoon | |
| Butter | 12 Tablespoon | |
| Brown sugar | 4 Tablespoon | |
| Corn syrup | 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) | |
| Milk | 6 Tablespoon |
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3428 Calories from Fat 1345
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 153 g235.6%
Saturated Fat 94.9 g474.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 396 mg132%
Sodium 2941.3 mg122.6%
Total Carbohydrates 485 g161.7%
Dietary Fiber 14 g55.8%
Sugars 109.3 g
Protein 44 g87.5%
Vitamin A 92.6% Vitamin C 4%
Calcium 31.5% Iron 104.9%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F
2. Grease 2-3 cookie sheets with butter.
3. Onto wax paper or a medium-size dry bowl, sift together flour, spices, salt and soda.
MAKING
4. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar and corn syrup.
5. Beat with a wooden spoon until well blended, light and creamy.
6. Stir in sifted dry ingredients in batches, alternately adding milk to bind and make a soft but stiff dough.
7. Cover dough ball with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled.
FINALIZING
8. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough with a floured rolling pin.
9. Use various shaped cookie cutters to cut out cookies.
10. Arrange the cookies on greased cookie sheets, keeping 1inch spacing between each.
11. Bake the cookies in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes until cookies are golden at the edges and firm.
12. Remove from the oven, loosed with a spatula and slide cookies onto a wire rack to cool completely.
13. Store in an airtight container.
SERVING
13. Serve the cookies plain, with tea, coffee or milk.
14. Decorate the cookies with colored frosting if you like.
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