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Ingredients
Gingerbread cookies:
- 1 package sugar cookie mix
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 cup dark molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Royal Icing
- 2 large egg whites or 5 tablespoons meringue powder
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- Food coloring, if desired
For Gingerbread Cookies:
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, blend all ingredients together and chill for up to 1 hour. Roll dough out on floured board about 1/8-inch thick. Cut desired shapes with cookie cutters and place onto sheet pan. Bake for 8 minutes in preheated oven.
For Royal Icing:
With a hand mixer, beat the egg whites with the lemon juice or extract until frothy. Add the sifted powdered sugar and beat on low speed until combined, smooth, and shiny. Turn to high and beat approximately 5 minutes till stiff and glossy. Add food coloring, if desired, and transfer to a pasty bag to pipe onto cookies.
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By Katy.G
on December 30, 2012
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I found out by accident that this royal icing recipe is the best copper polish on the planet! I whipped it up in a copper bowl that had been stained, it sat in there a few minutes and was gleaming like new. I have some other copper pieces that had such bad stains I wasn't using them anymore and this removed any stain including stains copper polish couldn't handle. I know this sounds crazy, but use the icing for the best copper polish ever! Also, the cookies were good!
By S_Ewing
on December 14, 2012
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Perhaps I mixed the ingredients out of order, but I followed the directions. The dough came out so dry it crumbled. There was no way to roll it out and therefore, I couldn't make the cookies. The flavor was really good so we were disappointed that we didn't get to eat the cookies. I think the directions on this recipe are too vague. Looking back I would have incorporated dry ingredients into the wet, but the directions say mix it all together so I just threw it all into a bowl and mixed it. I can only assume that's what went wrong.
By chang425
Weymouth, MA
on December 22, 2011
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My 13 year old daughter and I made this cookies last night 12/21/11 and they came out great. It was a very easy recipe to follow and the taste was great. She made them for all of her teachers. We can't wait to make them again.
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