Old-fashioned gingerbread cookies are a holiday favorite, perfect for a cookie exchange or just to decorate and leave out with a glass of milk next to the fireplace to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter night.
Infused with warming spices and sweet brown sugar, these cookies are fun to make, easy to decorate, and yummy to eat! You’ll find that the dough is so easy to work with, you’ll never be able to make a better gingerbread cookie recipe than this one.
The easiest way to decorate these cookies is with some homemade royal icing, and they will become your new favorite holiday treat.
Ingredients for gingerbread cookies
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