Christmas Gingerbread Ornaments
Christmas gingerbread ornaments are a festive and delicious way to add a touch of warmth and tradition to holiday decorating.
Ingredients
For the gingerbread
- 115 g unsalted butter softened
- 160 g brown sugar
- 110 g molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp water
- 335 g flour
- 2 tsp ginger ground
- ½ tsp cinnamon ground
- ½ tsp nutmeg ground
- ½ tsp allspice ground
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
For the icing
- water
- icing sugar
Instructions
- In the bowl of your standing mixer cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.115 g unsalted butter, 160 g brown sugar
- Add the molasses, egg and water and combine.110 g molasses, 1 egg, 2 tbsp water
- Now add all the dry ingredients: the flour, ground spices, baking soda and salt, and mix until everything comes together.335 g flour, 2 tsp ginger, ½ tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp nutmeg, ½ tsp allspice, 1 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt
- Remove the dough from the bowl and divide into two chunks.
- Flatten them and cover with cling film, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour or even overnight.
- When you are ready, preheat the oven to 180C.
- Prepare a baking dish with parchment paper and set aside.
- On a floured surface, roll out the dough to 3mm thick and cut all the shapes you can.
- Repeat this process with both chunks of dough and with all the dough scraps.
- Place your cookies on the prepared tray, leaving some space between them, and using a toothpick, create a hole in each cookie.
- Bake them for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool them down completely on a wire rack.
- Once completely cool, mix your icing sugar with enough water to get a not-so-thin icing, then decorate.water, icing sugar