Royal icing is strong too! It's very important you use it to decorate these cookies (see my recipe link above). And even when a girl broke her cookie, it was soo easy to glue back together with the royal icing.
A couple of the Girl Guides even dropped their cookies and they didn't break. These cookies are TOUGH and that's exactly how you want them to be. When you are decorating with kids, nothing is more heartbreaking than a broken, half decorated cookie.
And although this mixture of ingredients makes them firmer and a little dryer, that's the texture we were going for - strong and sturdy gingerbread! ! If you want to learn more about that, you can read this excellent article: To chill or not to chill - that is the question! However, these cookies have no butter (shortening is used) and use more dry ingredients a brilliant combination that works to prevent spreading. I wasn't sure if this recipe would work because not chilling can cause your cookies to spread. This gingerbread cookie dough require no chilling - just roll, cut and bake! This is an easy gingerbread cookie recipe that's the ideal gingerbread man recipe for preschoolers, younger kids or when you have limited time because there is no waiting around for cookie dough to chill! And they do not spread! 🍪Why do you chill cookie dough? WATCH The Dancing Gingerbread Cookie Girl Video HERE The first option was the dancing gingerbread girl and it was the one that I thought was THE COOLEST of the 3! As well as a gingerbread reindeer and a hugging gingerbread man. But if you're looking at a large structure, I recommend you use the recipe in my gingerbread house post (above). You could use this no chill gingerbread recipe for building a SMALL GINGERBREAD HOUSE. I didn't have time to make it, so I bought vats of royal icing in the baking section of my local grocery store (Calgary Co op) and we used that. I use it for my gingerbread house.īut to be honest, I actually didn't even use it with this recipe. I didn't have 25 - #16 tips and couplers to use. We used a ziploc bag with the end cut off to ice and sprinkles and candies to decorate.Īnd speaking of icing, this royal icing recipe is the one I recommend. These easy gingerbread cookies are ideal for younger kids or when you have limited time because there is no waiting around for cookie dough to chill! And unlike most of the cookies you'll find online, they actually look REAL like something kids could actually do! That's because they are - they were done by my 10 year old daughter and I think she did an amazing job! 💭 Top tipĪnd since I was doing this with 25 Girl Guides I needed something practical. Who wants to wait around for cookie dough to chill anyway? Life is too short! Anyway, I had a few different decorating options for the girls to choose from, but what surprised me was the one that the majority of them picked.
EASY ROLL OUT GINGERBREAD COOKIE RECIPE HOW TO
Last year I committed to teaching her Girl Guides troop how to make gingerbread and quickly realized none of my recipes would work for time limit I had, nor could I find the right recipe online. Every year, since my daughter was 5 years old, I have done a Christmas baking activity with her Sparks, Brownies and Girl Guides groups.
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