Soft and Chewy Gingerbread People
Prep Time
45 minutes + 90 minutes chill and cool time
Number of Servings
20 cookies
Recipe Source
The Complete Autumn & Winter Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen
Ingredients
- 3 cups (15 oz) all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 cup packed (5 1⁄4 oz) dark brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp ground ginger
- 3⁄4 tsp baking soda
- 1⁄2 tsp ground cloves
- 1⁄2 tsp table salt
- 12 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 3⁄4 cup light molasses
- 2 Tbsp milk
Directions
- Process flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, cloves, and salt in a food processor until combined, about 10 seconds. Add melted butter, molasses, and milk. Process until a soft dough forms and no streaks of flour remain, about 20 seconds, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- Spray counter lightly with a baking spray with flour, transfer dough to counter, and knead until dough forms a cohesive ball, about 20 seconds. Divide dough in half. Form each half into a 5-inch disk, wrap disks tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
- Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower middle positions and heat oven to 350º. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 1 disk of dough at a time, roll 1⁄4-inch thick between 2 large sheets of parchment. (Keep second disk of dough refrigerated while rolling out first.) Remove top piece of parchment. Using a 3 1⁄4-inch cookie cutter, cut dough into shapes. Peel away scraps from around cookies and space shapes 3⁄4-inch apart on prepared sheets. Repeat rolling and cutting steps with dough scraps.
- Bake cookies until puffy and just set around edges, 9 to 11 minutes, switching and rotating sheets halfway through baking. Let cookies cool on sheets for 10 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack. Let cookies cool completely before serving. (Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature, with a sheet of parchment or waxed paper between each layer, for up to 3 days.)
Nutrition Info
Per serving (1 cookie without icing): 188 Calories, 2 g Protein, 30 g Carbohydrates, 15 g Total sugars (15 g Added sugars), 1 g Fiber, 7 g Total fat (4 g sat), 110 mg Sodium, ★ Vitamin B1 (thiamine), Folate, Iron, Magnesium
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