Recipe of the Month: Still-Not-Gingerbread Cookies

Posted by Allison Rose

To celebrate the arrival of the Twelfth Doctor, and the (unfortunate?) fact that he still isn't a redhead, I scoured the web for a good recipe of what I call "Still-Not-Gingerbread Cookies!"  This one is from Martha Stewart's website, and it's fairly simple to do.

Gingerbread Cookies

 

Everyday Food, December 2004 http://www.marthastewart.com/343445/gingerbread-cookies

• Prep Time 40 minutes
• Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes

Yield Makes 36

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for rolling
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup packed dark-brown sugar
• 1/3 cup unsulfured molasses
• 1 large egg
• Decorating sugar or sprinkles (optional)

Read the rest of the recipe here.