I love gingerbread cookies and these soft ones I baked up are delicious!! The smell of gingerbread in the house this time of year is a Christmass memory I hold on to. These soft cookies are a nice large cookie too and one is very satisfying. The white chocolate drizzle adds a nice sweetness, you don't have to add it but it won't really change the points if you don't. Makes 24 cookies at 3 smart points each.
Soft gingerbread cookies
3SP blue, green & purple/2PP each
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1.5 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup gay lea light butter or similar
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1.5 tablespoon white sugar for rolling dough in
- 1-2 tablespoon white chocolate chips for drizzle *optional
Instructions
- Using an electric mixer cream together your butter, ¼ cup white sugar, ¼ cup brown sugar and your egg.
- Add in your molasses and vanilla and mix well.
- Slowly stir in your spices and flour. Form into a dough ball, cover with saran wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350F, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, lightly spray.
- Place your 1.5 tablespoon of sugar onto a flat surface (I used a plate)
- Use about 1 tablespoon of dough for each cookie and roll into a ball, roll dough into sugar and then flatten into a cookie, not too flat, you want them fairly thick still.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, let cookies cool.
- If using white chocolate drizzle, place 1-2 tablespoon white chocolate chips in a small ziplock bag, microwave for 30 second intervals turning bag over each time until melted. Cut off a tiny tip and drizzle on to cookies. Makes 24 cookies, store in air tight container.
Notes
Personal Points- 3 using WW recipe builderÂ
SP Freestyle- (Blue & Purple) 3 using WW recipe builder
Smart points- (green) 3 using SP calculator
Points plus- 2 using PP calculator
Nutritional info, per cookie, Calories.. 81..Fat 2.2g..Sat Fat 0.9g.. Carbs 13.5g...Fiber 0.3g Sugar 6.7g..Protein 1.2g using My Fitness Pal
Smart points- (green) 3 using SP calculator
Points plus- 2 using PP calculator
Nutritional info, per cookie, Calories.. 81..Fat 2.2g..Sat Fat 0.9g.. Carbs 13.5g...Fiber 0.3g Sugar 6.7g..Protein 1.2g using My Fitness Pal
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Cathy
Where did you get the cute miniature gingerbread men for decoration?
Drizzle
Hi Cathy, at Bulk Barn Canada
Georgene
Do you use ground ginger.
Drizzle
I use a powdered ginger
Sam
Do you think this dough would work for gingerbread men?
Drizzle
Not traditional gingerbread men no, they make soft cookies, I mean you could try but it depends if you are after more traditional or not
Kelly Hazelett
These are really good!
Drizzle
So glad you enjoyed the cookies 🙂
Carolyn Hill
If I added maybe 1/4 cup of flour to this, do you think it would be stiff enough to make a gingerbread house?
Drizzle
Hi Carolyn, hmm I'm not an expert with gingerbread haha, all I can say is give it a try and see, it might work