The week before Christmas we usually do a little Christmas school, where instead of hitting the books, we do fun Christmas-y things, like make all sorts of goodies, start a Christmas puzzle, put together a gingerbread house, read Christmas books, go shopping for any last minute gifts, go see Christmas lights, and just spend time together.īaking together is one of our favorite things. We actually have all sorts of things planned for this week (or rather, I have a few surprises up my sleeve). Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat pumpkin, condensed milk, pudding mix, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and milk with whisk 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture is smooth and thickened set aside. Blend in molasses, water, flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Place balls, sugared sides up, 3 inches apart on cookie sheet. Stir in remaining ingredients except granulated sugar. Kid-Friendly Recipe for Chewy Gingerbread Cookies Bake and cool gingerbread as directed on box. Mix shortening, brown sugar, molasses and egg thoroughly in large bowl. Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar. Press bottom of drinking glass on each ball until about ¼-inch thick. Onto each of two ungreased cookie sheets, place 12 balls about 2 inches apart. Shape dough by scant tablespoonfuls into 1-inch balls roll balls in sugar mixture. Like my grandma's gingerbread loaf recipe, they’re so simple. I'm definitely adding this recipe to my list of The Best Christmas Recipes for Your Holiday Celebrations. Betty Crocker Gingerbread Cookie Mix Ingredients. In small bowl, mix granulated sugar and contents of remaining tea bag. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. If the icing begins to thicken and set before you’ve dipped all the cookies, microwave on High for 5-10 seconds. Beat in condensed milk a little at a time, scraping side of bowl as necessary. When dipping the cookies in the icing, allow the excess icing to drip back into the bowl. In large bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. In small bowl, mix butter, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt with fork until crumbly. If you prefer, pipe names or festive decorations on the plain cookies with the chocolate or vanilla icings. Though these cookies are cutout cookies, don't let that stop you from making them. In large bowl, stir together gingerbread mix, water, egg and diced apples. In fact, I’ve considered making another batch. These chewy gingerbread cookies have disappeared from our cookie jar rather quickly. These cookies are slightly chewy with a somewhat crunchy edge. Cut with cookie cutter place on ungreased baking sheet.Not so with this recipe. Stir in remaining cookie ingredients until well blended. In small bowl, dissolve baking soda in water stir into molasses mixture.

Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface. In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, the shortening, molasses and eggs until well blended. Blend in molasses, water, flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. I tweaked the spices to my tastes and here is what I came up with!Īdapted from Betty Crocker's Cookbook (1976)Ĭream butter and sugar. So back to the cookies! I thought this was an interesting recipe because it uses shortening instead of butter, and it uses no eggs. The dough will look clumpy and that is alright because that is how it is supposed to look. Don’t add the water that the recipe on the back of the bag tells you to add. One of the first times I went over to my hubby's house, I saw the exact same bright orange cookbook on his bookshelf! It was then, at that very moment, that I knew he was the one. To make the cookies, place one stick of softened butter in a bowl. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are set. In fact, my favorite chocolate cake recipe comes from this book. Tis the season These Gingerbread Cookie Cupcakes have a gingerbread cookie bottom topped with a gingerbread cupcake. Cut with 1-inch gingerbread man cookie cutter place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. When I was growing up, mom had her 1970s bright-orange edition of the Betty Crocker cookbook, and that was practically all we would ever use when it came to baking. This post also brings up a fun story about my Betty Crocker cookbook. Since I had already made my usual Gingerbread Men recipe earlier this season, I decided that I would branch out and try a new one for my second round of cookies this year.

Betty crocker gingerbread cookie recipe