Gingerbread Cookies 101

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It is maddening when people give 5 stars to a recipe they highly modified. You see a recipe is 5 stars and you make it and it's terrible. And you find out the 5 star rating comes once the spices are doubled. I doubled the spices and it was good, maybe 3-4 stars good, but still lacking in key areas.

My "optimized" version included using dark brown sugar instead of light brown, and doubling the spices.

To get to 5 stars, I'd add a tablespoon or two MORE dark sugar as well as not just doubling the spices, but re-proportioning them. I'd go heavier on the ginger, cinnamon, and not quite double the pepper and clove.

I'd also experiment with the fats, using more butter or lard vs. shortening to improve melt-in-your-mouth feel.

As it's written, this is a 2-star recipe. Please, reviewers, do the non-power-users a favor by rating the recipe that is posted. Many people don't read the reviews. They just see 5-stars and go to town, only to be disappointed by the result.

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I'm not a baker, I'm more of a main course cook but hubby requested to I had to bite my tongue decided to try it. After reading the reviews, I did added more flour when it came to rolling it out. Overall, they were very good. I had the extra rolled out dough in the fridge for about 2 days cause I didn't want to bake again but when I did liked the 2nd batch. I think I ate more than he did. I would definitely make this again..But not right away.

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Ok these were amazing. My grandmother who is not a gingerbread fan was addicted to them. They were so soft and flavorful I was in awe!!! Will keep making them!!!

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This recipe is awesome, only thing I do different is cook for 8-10 minutes instead of 10-12, makes the cookies come out nice and soft.

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Followed this recipe to a T. It is the absolute best gingerbread cookies I have ever tasted! And I don't even like gingerbread cookies that much. Everyone in my family loved them. And believe me, they can be very critical when it comes to food. I prefer to roll the dough out thicker ( and the dough is a bit sticky but nothing that flour on the board and your rolling pin can't fix and baking them for only 9 mins so that it comes out crunchy on the edges but cake-like on the inside. I couldn't enough of these cookies. They tasted like Christmas!

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Good flavor but very sticky dough to work with---be warned! I found myself getting very frustrated with trying to peel the gingerbread men off my counter.

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I am very surprised by all the positive reviews. I was planning to send these to work with my husband for a holiday party, but I have changed my mind after tasting them. The dough was a sticky mess to roll out even after flouring the rolling pin and the rolling surface. They baked up all right although the taste was definitely underwhelming. I expected a lot more spice flavor, but these were borderline bland. And definitely not enough ginger taste to be considered "gingerbread." These tasted like average sugar cookies with spices added. am an experienced baker and I made the recipe exactly as directed with spices purchased within the past couple of months (so I know that wasn't the problem. Will not make again.

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Wonderful taste, nice little spciy kick. The pepper isn't overwhelming, so don't be afraid to use it.Dough is easy to work with, I just added extra flour to board and rolling pin as I went along. The end result is a chewy taste of Christmas.

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I don't care for hard cookies & LOVE that this dough thicker will produce a softer cookie. I was going to omit the pepper but kept it in. I increased the spices by 1/4 Tsp, except the pepper. I made the dough the day before due to my time constraints and it turned out perfectly - not too sticky & only needed enough flour to roll out. My oven is 28 yrs old & on its last leg (hoping Santa brings me a new one this year, finally I always have to adjust the temp/time. Preheated at 325 degrees, baked 2 sheets for 6 min on 1st & 3rd racks, switched for another 6 min, turned sheets around keeping them on the same racks for 3 min. My youngest son is THE PICKIEST EATER EVER, he did not like the Disney Gingerbread recipe I used last year; he was the FIRST to sample this cookie...HE LOVED IT. I think I have found my new, standard Gingerbread Recipe.

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First bite was kind of blah, but then the ginger and pepper really had a bite after a few minutes. I personally am not a huge fan of that much bite of such a strong flavor, but my mom and dad who love ginger, LOVED these cookies. For gingerbread, I thought these were pretty moist. Most gingerbread cookies I have tried are hard and I prefer softer cookies.