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Home » Kids Wellness » Gingerbread Cookie Christmas Ornament Recipe

Gingerbread Cookie Christmas Ornament Recipe

July 27, 2022 By Julia

Gingerbread Cookie Christmas Ornament Recipe

Though we don’t keep any sweets at home besides dark chocolate (82% cacao solids, adored by grownups) and organic lollipops (adored by kids in our family), I believe, that holidays it’s a time when you can break certain rules. Life would be fun, if you do only what’s right and never let yourself or your kids have some fun.

Gingerbread Ornament is a great activity to do with your kids. It also makes a great gift option.

The dough is easy to work and the cookies are strong enough to hang on a Christmas tree. The dough needs to be refrigerated for at least 4h before rolling, so plan accordingly.

Ingredients (makes 2 dozens of cookies):

  • 3 cups All-purpose unbleached flour
  • ¼ tsp. Real salt
  • 2 tsp. Ground ginger
  • 1 tsp. Ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. Ground Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp. Baking soda
  • ¾ cup (110g) Butter
  • ¾ cup Firmly packed brown sugar (the darker the better)
  • 1 Tbsp. Blackstrap Molasses
  • 1 Egg
  • 1tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract

Instructions:

  • Sift flour into the bowl
  • Add salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking soda to flour and mix
  • Beat softened butter with sugar, then add an egg, molasses, and pure vanilla extract and mix
  • Work in flour with spices in the butter mixture, adding flour little by little
  • When the dough is all mixed, separate it into two parts, wrap it and refrigerate from 4h to 2 days
  • Take out the dough from the fridge and roll it on a lightly floured surface
  • Preheat oven to 380F and line baking tray with parchment paper
  • Cut cookies with cookie cutters and put them on the baking tray, leaving a 1-inch space between them
  • Make a hole in each cookie with a toothpick (to insert ribbon or string to hang the ornament); make sure that hole is large enough as it will shrink in the baking process
  • Bake around 10 minutes or until edges start to brown
  • Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack for another 20 minutes

At this point, your cookies are ready for decoration or for adding a ribbon.

I’m not a fan of icing and prefer to decorate with dark chocolate.

Chocolate decoration instructions:

  • To melt chocolate put a little bowl with chocolate pieces in a water bath and melt (stirring will help to speed up the process)
  • Pour melted chocolate into the sandwich bag (I don’t have any special tool for decoration, so I just used a sandwich bag), chocolate should be still liquid but not too hot
  • Cut the corner of the bag with sharp scissors and let your inner Picasso out
  • Leave cookies overnight to let chocolate settle completely

The last step is to add ribbon or string and hang it on your Christmas tree. I used ribbons and a tapestry needle was a big help in getting ribbon through the hole.

And what you’re doing with kids for this Christmas?

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About Julia

Hi. My name is Julia (AKA Nerdy Green Mom).
My email is: [email protected]
I Hold M.S. in Biological Sciences and Psychology and M.S. Nutritional Sciences degree with Diabetic Concentration from University of Michigan.
Also I hold PHD in Nutrition & Metabolism from Boston School of Medicine

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Hi. My name is Julia (AKA Nerdy Green Mom). My email is: [email protected] I Hold M.S. in Biological Sciences and Psychology and M.S. Nutritional Sciences degree with Diabetic Concentration from University of Michigan. Also I hold PHD in Nutrition &...

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