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Gingerbread House Cookies
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
1
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and molasses.
2
Sift in flour, bicarb and spices. Mix to a firm dough.
3
Chill 30 minutes. Roll to 5mm. Cut shapes.
4
Bake at 180°C for 10-12 minutes.
5
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
3g
Sodium
372mg
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