Gingerbread House Cookies

Name: Gingerbread House Cookies
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups plain flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tbsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/2 tsp allspice; 125g butter, softened; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 cup molasses or golden syrup; 2 cups royal icing for decoration

Classic American gingerbread biscuits for house-building or simply decorating. Chilling the dough for a full 30 minutes before rolling and cutting keeps the shapes crisp and holds their edges instead of spreading and blurring in the oven.

Total time

52 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsplain flour

1 tspbaking soda

1 tbspground ginger

1 tspcinnamon

1/2 tspallspice

125gbutter, softened

3/4 cupbrown sugar

1egg

1/2 cupmolasses or golden syrup

2 cupsroyal icing for decoration

Instructions

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses.

Sift in flour, bicarb and spices. Mix to a firm dough.

Chill 30 minutes. Roll to 5mm. Cut shapes.

Bake at 180°C for 10-12 minutes.

Cool completely. Decorate with royal icing.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

733

Protein

11.7g

Fat

27.5g

Carbs

110.2g

Fiber

Sodium

372mg

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