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Recipe: Gingies and Royal Icing

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Gingies and Royal Icing
Posted by: Wen
Date: December 6, 1997
Board: recipelink.com Holiday Recipes Board

These are my infamous gingerbread cookies. I have only been using this recipe for a few years. Before that we used a typical gingerbread cookie recipe. Those cookies could have been used as weapons that were so tough and hard. They were much maligned and joked about every year. I went on a quest to find flavorful gingerbread cut out cookies that were softer. Through a lot of experimenting I came up with these cookies. I can pretty much guarantee that these will be the best gingerbread cookies you will ever try.

3/4 cup unsalted softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsulphured molasses
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
3 1/4 cups flour

In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in the molasses and water. In a medium bowl whisk together the remaining ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, stirring constantly. Divide the dough in half and flatten to a round disk. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and chill overnight. (You can freeze half or all of it if desired for later use.) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and lightly grease your cookie sheets. On a lightly floured surface roll out one of the disks, leaving the other chilled. Roll to a 1/4 inch thickness, adding more flour if needed. Cut the cookies into desired shapes and place about an inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 6-10 minutes depending on the size of the cookies. Cookies should be firm but not browned. Reroll the scraps and continue to cut and bake until the dough is gone. Cool the cookies on the cookie sheets for three minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling. Frost if desired with royal icing and let dry for 24 hours. Store in airtight containers.

Royal Icing

I used to use egg whites in my icing, but because of health concerns have switched to meringue powder. It is not terribly expensive and is worth the piece of mind. It is very important not to overbeat this icing as it can (and will) break down. You can use the icing white, or tint it using paste food colors. Liquid food colors tend not to work as well as paste, particularly in a delicate recipe like icing.

1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 large egg white or equivalent meringue powder
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/4 teaspoon orange extract
food coloring if desired

In a large bowl beat the powdered sugar, egg white, cream of tartar, and orange extract on medium high speed for 5 minutes. Check and see if you can form peaks with a teaspoon. If you cannot, beat at a higher speed for a minute more and check again. Beat and check at thirty second intervals until the peaks will form. Tint icing with food coloring if desired.
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