# Gingerbread Cookies

# Ingredients

• 1¼ sticks butter, room temperature
• ¾ cup dark brown sugar
• ⅔ cup molasses
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3½ cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• ½ tsp ground cloves

# Instructions

1. Beat butter on medium speed until completely smooth (~1 minute).
2. Add brown sugar and molasses and beat on medium speed until creamy, scraping sides of bowl.
3. Beat in egg and vanilla at high speed for 2 minutes.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and cloves.
5. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients at a low speed. Dough should be thick and sticky.
6. Divide dough in half, pat both halves into rough disc shapes, wrap them tightly in plastic wrap, and store them overnight in the fridge.
7. Preheat oven to 350°.
8. Roll out discs until they're ¼ inch thick, using flour as needed.
9. Use cookie cutters, place cookies on baking sheets lined with baking parchment.
10. Bake cookies for 9-10 minutes, rotating as needed. Do not overbake.
11. Let cookies cool, and decorate.

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