Gingerbread Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
These Gingerbread Cookies with Frosting are soft spiced cookies topped with cream cheese frosting and holiday sprinkles. The most requested Christmas cookie recipe and so easy to make.
Servings: 6 cookies
Calories: 1134kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup molasses
- 2 ¼ cup flour
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp cinnamon
- Extra sugar for rolling
Frosting
- 1 cup or 2 sticks butter softened
- 1 8 oz block cream cheese softened
- 1 lb. powdered sugar
- Holiday sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Add in the egg and molasses and mix until combined.
- Next add in the flour, ground ginger, baking soda, and cinnamon until combined.
- Separate the dough into 6 equal portions and roll it into balls.
- Roll the balls in the extra sugar until well coated.
- Place the cookies on a large cookie sheet giving them plenty of space. You may need to do this in 2 batches.
- Bake the cookies for 13-15 minutes or until the cookies are cooked through and have a cracked appearance.
- Let the cookies cool on the pan for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Meanwhile, prepare the frosting.
- In a large bowl cream together the 2 sticks of butter and the cream cheese.
- Next, slowly add in the powdered sugar and mix until well combined and fluffy.
- Place the frosting in a piping bag with a round tip or a Ziploc bag with the tip cut off.
- Pipe the frosting in a spiral pattern and add holiday sprinkles.
- Serve!!
Nutrition
Calories: 1134kcal | Carbohydrates: 156g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 35g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 173mg | Sodium: 638mg | Potassium: 294mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 118g | Vitamin A: 1737IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 3mg