Description
These soft cream cheese frosted gingerbread cookies with Christmas sprinkles are fun and festive and perfect for the Holidays!
Ingredients
Cookies
- Flour: 2 and 1/3 cups
- Baking Soda: 1/2 teaspoon
- Baking Powder: 1/4 teaspoon
- Ground Cinnamon: 1 and 1/2 teaspoons
- Ground Ginger: 2 and 1/2 teaspoons
- Salt: 1/2 teaspoon
- Butter, softened: 3/4 cup
- Brown Sugar: 3/4 cup
- Molasses: 1/4 cup
- Vanilla Extract: 1 teaspoon
- Egg: 1
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Butter, softened: 1 cup
- Cream Cheese, softened: 8 oz package
- Powdered/Confectioners Sugar: 4 cups
- Optional Sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Dry Mixture: In a bowl, combine and mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Set aside.
- Wet Mixture: In a separate bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar and mix until combined. Add the molasses, egg, and vanilla extract and mix it again. Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix until fully incorporated.
- Bake: Roll the cookie batter into balls the size of a tablespoon and a half, place them 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets and bake them for 11-13 minutes. Tap the cookie sheet on the counter after removing them from the oven.
- Frosting: In a bowl, combine the cream cheese and butter and mix on high until combined. Add the powdered sugar and mix on low until smooth. Frost the cookies once they’re completely cooled by using the back of a spoon and top with sprinkles (optional).
Notes
The cookies should be completely at room temperature before icing.
You can eat these cookies without the icing, and they’ll still be super delicious, or you can opt for store-bought if you want to keep this recipe extra easy and quick.
Have fun with some festive sprinkles!
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- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: dessert, cookies
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: american