Keep the Butter Soft

If you prefer your gingerbread cookies soft, be sure to use softened butter, not melted. Just remember to take the butter out of the fridge a day before baking, and it will be just right.

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Get Creative With Spices

While gingerbread cookies traditionally include ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, you can definitely play around with different spices and their amounts to create your very own special flavor.

Chill the Dough

After mixing the dough, it’s important to let it chill. The dough needs to be firm, or your cookies might lose their shape while baking. And that would be a bit of a bummer, especially if you’ve used fun molds to create special shapes.

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Store in Containers

Once you’ve followed all the steps and achieved the perfect cookies, keep them in tightly sealed containers, like jars with lids, for up to a week. Well, that’s if they manage to last that long!

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Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

It’s impossible to work on other gingerbread-based recipes without learning to make your own gingerbread cookies. You can make them 100% vegan by using vegan butter and plant-based milk, in addition to other classic gingerbread cookie ingredients.

Gingerbread Cheesecake

Even if you’re the most avid fan of cheesecakes, we bet you’ve never tried one that looks like this. The delicious crust is filled with pecans, oats, and cranberries—but what makes this recipe so special are gingerbread cookie decorations you can use as a topping.

Gingerbread Loaf Cake

Continue your gingerbread cake adventures with this festive recipe. Gingerbread cookies are, once again, used as a topping, but this loaf cake wouldn’t be the same without its sugary glaze, reminiscent of gingerbread cookie icing, since it contains similar ingredients.

The post Christina Leopold is Sharing Delicious Gingerbread Recipes This Holiday Season appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Dough Mistakes

It’s not rocket science to make gingerbread cookies, but you have to be patient because it takes some time to go through each step. Some things shouldn’t be rushed, and chilling your dough is one of them. Give the ingredients enough time to solidify by refrigerating your dough for at least two hours.

Baking Mistakes

Unless you want your cookies to burn down, don’t set your oven any higher than 325°F. When placing the cookies on your baking sheet, there should be enough space between them. They’ll expand while baking, and they might end up sticking together if they’re too close to each other.

Decorating Mistakes

You have to be patient in each phase of making gingerbread cookies, including the decorating process. Once the cookies are out of the oven, you shouldn’t start decorating them right away. Wait for them to cool down a little bit, because the icing will end up melting otherwise.

The post Make Perfect Gingerbread Cookies by Avoiding These Mistakes appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Keep the Butter Soft

If you prefer your gingerbread cookies soft, be sure to use softened butter, not melted. Just remember to take the butter out of the fridge a day before baking, and it will be just right.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by ?Jessi ? (@oceansofstars)

Get Creative With Spices

While gingerbread cookies traditionally include ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, you can definitely play around with different spices and their amounts to create your very own special flavor.

Chill the Dough

After mixing the dough, it’s important to let it chill. The dough needs to be firm, or your cookies might lose their shape while baking. And that would be a bit of a bummer, especially if you’ve used fun molds to create special shapes.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by ??????? (@soulbygabriel)

Store in Containers

Once you’ve followed all the steps and achieved the perfect cookies, keep them in tightly sealed containers, like jars with lids, for up to a week. Well, that’s if they manage to last that long!

The post Helpful Tips For Making Gingerbread Cookies appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Vegan Gingerbread Cookies

It’s impossible to work on other gingerbread-based recipes without learning to make your own gingerbread cookies. You can make them 100% vegan by using vegan butter and plant-based milk, in addition to other classic gingerbread cookie ingredients.

Gingerbread Cheesecake

Even if you’re the most avid fan of cheesecakes, we bet you’ve never tried one that looks like this. The delicious crust is filled with pecans, oats, and cranberries—but what makes this recipe so special are gingerbread cookie decorations you can use as a topping.

Gingerbread Loaf Cake

Continue your gingerbread cake adventures with this festive recipe. Gingerbread cookies are, once again, used as a topping, but this loaf cake wouldn’t be the same without its sugary glaze, reminiscent of gingerbread cookie icing, since it contains similar ingredients.

The post Christina Leopold is Sharing Delicious Gingerbread Recipes This Holiday Season appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.

Dough Mistakes

It’s not rocket science to make gingerbread cookies, but you have to be patient because it takes some time to go through each step. Some things shouldn’t be rushed, and chilling your dough is one of them. Give the ingredients enough time to solidify by refrigerating your dough for at least two hours.

Baking Mistakes

Unless you want your cookies to burn down, don’t set your oven any higher than 325°F. When placing the cookies on your baking sheet, there should be enough space between them. They’ll expand while baking, and they might end up sticking together if they’re too close to each other.

Decorating Mistakes

You have to be patient in each phase of making gingerbread cookies, including the decorating process. Once the cookies are out of the oven, you shouldn’t start decorating them right away. Wait for them to cool down a little bit, because the icing will end up melting otherwise.

The post Make Perfect Gingerbread Cookies by Avoiding These Mistakes appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.