Julianna Jee

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup molasses

2 eggs

4 1/2 cups flour

3 tsp baking soda

1 tbsp ginger

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp salt

1 cup royal icing

red and green food colouring

Procedure

1. Cream the butter and sugars together.
2. Add the molasses and mix until combined.
3. Add eggs one at a time.
4. Combine all dry ingredients together and add to wet ingredients.
5. Chill batter for 2 hours.
6. Heat oven to 350°F.
7. Shape dough into 1.5″ balls and roll in sugar. Flatten slightly on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
8. Bake for about 8-10 minutes.
9. Let it cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
10. Once completely cooled decorate cookies with royal icing.

Notes

• Posting this a month after the holidays but I had promised to share this recipe and got distracted from travel and other fun baking.
• Ensure that the cookie batter is chilled before rolling and baking. This will prevent the spreading of your cookie and give you that nice cracking on the surface of the cookie.
• You can use a number 1 or 2 piping tip for the mistletoe detail. If you don’t have a piping tip throw a teaspoon or two (you won’t need much for the mistletoe) of icing into a Ziplock bag and snip a very small hole in one of the corners.