Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies
These Gingerbread Snowflake Cookies are not just beautiful but absolutely delicious! A great addition to your holiday cookie platter, these are worth every minute working to bake and decorate them.
Prep Time25 minutes mins
Cook Time10 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: snowflake cookies
Servings: 24
Calories: 185kcal
Preheat oven to 350 and line cookie sheet with parchment paper
Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, sugar, and molasses
Add in the water and mix until combined
In a large bowl, combine the flour, and the spices
Gradually mix in the dry ingredients into the wet
Roll dough out on a floured surface to 1/4 inch in thickness
Using snowflake cookie cutters, cut out your shapes
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes
Allow to cool completely
Icing
Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form
Scoop icing into the piping bag
Decorate your cookies how ever you want.
Sprinkle the white sanding sugar onto a plate
Dip the cookie, icing into the sugar
Place onto a cookie sheet to allow dry for 30 minutes before enjoying.
Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg