Soft Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

[Joker]

Anyone have a good gingerbread cookie recipe, or any tips to make them soft, they want to share?  Dc look forward to making these every year but we always have trouble with them being too hard. I've tried several recipes with no real luck. 

[Epicurean]

Have you tried these? http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/?internalSource=amp&referringContentType=amp%20recipe&clickId=amp_directions

[Ausmumof3]

Not a specific recipe but generally speaking higher butter to sugar ratio for softer biscuits higher sugar to butter for crisper biscuits. Obviously slightly shorter cooking time. Make sure you cream the butter and sugar really well if it's a creamy recipe. Thicker rolled biscuits tend to be softer whereas thinner come out crisper. So basically just a good basic recipe then experiment.

 

Edited to add actually I think the butter sugar thing is the other way round. Now I have to check my cookie book.

 

Also brown sugar rather than white can help the texture too. And my favourite gingerbread recipes all have molasses or treacle for the rich flavour.

Edited December 7, 2017 by Ausmumof3

[laundrycrisis]

This is my recipe. You can use regular milk if you want.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/www.geniuskitchen.com/amp/recipe/vegan-no-chill-gingerbread-cookies-405080

[FriedClams]

Have you tried these? http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/?internalSource=amp&referringContentType=amp%20recipe&clickId=amp_directions

These are awesome! I usually double the ginger.

[kiana]

For great big soft molasses cookies, this is my favorite recipe: http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/crackle-top-molasses-cookies-55351

 

I add more spice -- basically I taste the dough until I think it's spicy enough.

[lavender's green]

I once accidentally doubled the butter in my recipe (from JOY of Cooking) and they came out beautifully soft. The next time I did the recipe right and they were so hard. Now I always double the butter on purpose unless I'm making a gingerbread house.

[Jann in TX]

Have you tried these? http://allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/?internalSource=amp&referringContentType=amp%20recipe&clickId=amp_directions

 

I use this recipe (usually doubled).

 

YUM!

 

[JIN MOUSA]

Another vote for the Big Soft Ginger Cookies from All Recipes!

[Joker]

So, do the all recipes ones still stay soft if rolled out to use cookie cutters?

 

I should have specified my dc look forward to making gingerbread men cookies. This year oldest, 17, even bought ninja cookie cutters.

 

I did read somewhere last night about using all brown sugar instead on any white. I haven't tried that yet.

[kiana]

So, do the all recipes ones still stay soft if rolled out to use cookie cutters?

 

I should have specified my dc look forward to making gingerbread men cookies. This year oldest, 17, even bought ninja cookie cutters.

 

I did read somewhere last night about using all brown sugar instead on any white. I haven't tried that yet.

 

Ohhh. 

 

It's hard to get gingerbread men to both be stiff enough to keep their shape and soft enough to be soft. Because if you add more sugar, they'll spread more, and you'll get Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Gingerbread Men instead. 

 

Try underbaking them a little, using parchment paper, and then letting them cool very thoroughly because it'll be challenging to get underbaked ones off the pan without breaking them. 

Edited December 7, 2017 by kiana

[Joker]

Maybe this year I will suggest two different batches so they can have their fun decorating and we can have softer ones as well.