Holiday Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 large egg
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients with a hand mixer.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• 3 combine the dry mixture into the wet mixture, until incorporated.
• 4 preheat the oven to 375 degrees f.
• 5 roll flat (to about 1/4" thick), and cut into desired shapes. it does help a bit if you chill the dough for about 30 minutes first, but i hardly ever do!
• 6 bake for 5-10 minutes, depending on size and thickness of cutout shapes.
• 7 cool on a wire rack, and decorate as desired.