GINGERBREAD COOKIES

This is an easy, classic recipe that is perfect for this time for year. I made about 100 this year to give away as treats for both my son's classes, teachers and friends.

Ingredients:
3.75 cups of organic all purpose flour
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
2 eggs
.75 cup of coconut palm sugar
.25 cup of molasses
2 tsp of ground ginger
1.5 tsp of baking soda
.5 tsp of cinnamon powder
.5 tsp cardamom powder
.5 tsp of salt

Icing Ingredients:
2 cups of icing sugar
1-2 tablespoons of organic milk (for your desired thickness)
food colouring (optional)

1) Cream butter and sugar.

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2) Add eggs and molasses and mix well.

3) Sift flour and ginger, cinnamon, salt and baking soda together in a separate mixing bowl.

4) Add flour mixture slowly to the egg mixture a little at a time and blend well.
5) Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.
6) Roll and put dough in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
7) Roll out using rolling pin (about 1/8 or 1/4 inch thick).

8) Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and place on non stick baking sheets/pans and re roll scrapes until all the dough is used up.
9) Cook for about 10-15 mins. depending on whether you like these soft or crispy.

10) Once cookies have cooled, make the icing by mixing milk and icing sugar.
11) Put icing in a piping bag or icing bottle. Have fun decorating cookies.

Makes about 25-30 cookies
Calories per cookie: 157, Fat: 4g, Carbs: 29g, Protein: 3g, Sugars: 12g, Fiber: 1g, Sodium: 21 mg