Gingerbread Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies meet Gingerbread Cookies in these festive Gingerbread Sugar Cookies perfect for giving as a gift or for Christmas parties.

Welcome to Day #2 of Christmas Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen from Juanita's Cocina! Each day we will be celebrating the holidays with a different set of Christmas-themed treats, as well as a fabulous Christmas giveaway. We hope you enjoy this fabulous event. Tune in each day starting Monday, December 9th and ending Saturday, December 14th,2013.

Last month I made a Caramelized Onion and Gingerbread Spice Butter that was amazing! The recipe for the Gingerbread Spice* came from Food.com and I made the whole amount, so I still have a lot of it left. I thought the spice mixture would be perfect in sugar cookies, basically a gingerbread cookie only sweeter! What could be better?! Sprinkle with colored sugar for a festive look, pack them up and give them to your neighbors, family, friends, anyone you like!

After you check out the recipe for the Gingerbread Sugar Cookies, be sure to scroll down and enter today's giveaway and check out all the other recipe's, there are so many great things being shared this week, it might be the BEST WEEK EVER!! 

I adapted these cookies from foodnetwork.com Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Gingerbread Sugar Cookies 

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Gingerbread Sugar Cookies

Sugar cookies meet gingerbread cookies!

Prep Time3 hrs 30 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time3 hrs 40 mins

Course: Dessert

Servings: 30

Calories: 130kcal

Author: Bernadette

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
• 1 cup white sugar
• 4 teaspoons Gingerbread Spice Mixture*- recipe can be found by clicking on the highlighted name in the description above
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• In a small bowl lightly beat the two eggs with the vanilla.
• In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg mixture. In another bowl combine the flour, gingerbread spice mixture, baking powder, and salt, stir well. Add flour mixture, one cup at a time to the butter mixture, continuing to beat until a smooth dough forms. Cover and place in the refrigerator for 3-6 hours. Remove from refrigerator at least ½ hour before continuing.
• Preheat oven to 325 F. Roll out on a large surface dusted lightly with powdered sugar to about ⅛th inch. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters and sprinkle with colored sugar. Place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 7-10 minutes depending on the size and thickness of the cookies, until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cookie comes out clean. Remove cookies to a rack or clean counter top to cool completely.

Notes

Can be frozen by placing between layers of plastic wrap in a freezer safe container.

Nutrition

Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 136mg | Potassium: 46mg | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 205IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.6mg

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***Disclaimer: This giveaway is being provided by Le Creuset. #ChristmasWeek bloggers have not received product or been compensated as a part of this giveaway.***

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Visit all the other Christmas Week Peeps for  more Holiday Baking Goodness:

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• Chewy Brownies by Juanita’s Cocina
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• Cranberry Bliss Bars by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
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• Mo’s Easy Homemade Eggnog by Food Lust People Love
• Spiced Madeleines by The Dutch Baker’s Daughter
• Flourless Nutella Marshmallow Cloud Cookie Cups by Cupcakes & Kale Chips
• Pear and Dried Cranberry Baked Custard by See Aimee Cook
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