Gingerbread

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 3 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk
• food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until combined in an electric mixer.
• 2 add in eggs and molasses and mix until combined.
• 3 sift together dry ingredients, and add to butter mixture using dough hook attachment, or by hand.
• 4 refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
• 5 preheat oven to 350.
• 6 allow dough to sit for 15 minutes, or until pliable. roll out dough in 4 portions until about 1/8 inch thick, and cut into desired shapes, rerolling scraps when appropriate.
• 7 using a spatula, transfer shapes to parchment lined baking sheets.
• 8 bake for 10 minutes or until just browned.
• 9 cool on wire rack.
• 10 combine all ingredients for the icing, and decorate cookies as desired.