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Secrets to the Best Gingerbread Cookies

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Invest In Quality Cookie Cutters 5/10

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Invest In Quality Cookie Cutters

Even more so than many other types of dough, gingerbread cookie dough is dense and heavy. This means that cheap, flimsy plastic cutters could potentially make a mess of the dough as you try to cut through and create clean and pretty edges for your cookies. Instead, we recommend you invest the little bit extra to upgrade to sharp, high-quality cookie cutters, ideally stainless steel. These will have no trouble slicing through the dough to create perfect shapes for your festive cookies.


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INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/4 cup / 50g of softened butter
  • 1 egg (divide the yolk and white)
  • 1/4 cup / 50g of sugar
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 1 cup / 150g of flour
  • 1 cup / 100g of chopped nuts
  • Salted caramel
  • Melted dark chocolate

METHOD:

  1. In a bowl, mix together the butter, egg yolk, sugar, and salt.

  2. Add the flour and mix. Roll into a ball.

  3. Chill for 30 minutes.

  4. Remove from refrigerator. Divide the dough and roll into 1-inch balls.

  5. Dip each ball in egg yolk, and then roll in chopped nuts.

  6. Place on baking sheet (lined with parchment paper), and press your thumb into the center.

  7. Bake at 340°F/170°C for 12 minutes, or until golden.

  8. Remove from oven and let cool.

  9. Pour the salted caramel into the center groove,and drizzle with dark chocolate.

  10. Enjoy!