{"id":53818,"date":"2019-12-15T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T04:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=53818"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:51:12","slug":"12-days-cookies-gingerbread-bliss-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/12-days-cookies-gingerbread-bliss-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Cookies: Gingerbread Cookies from Bliss in the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the fifth day of 12 days of cookies<\/a>, we’ve got a recipe featuring what’s quite possibly the most Christmas-y cookie of them all: gingerbread! It comes to use from Liz King of Bliss in the Kitchen, whose website<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> are a must-see if you love nutritious food and cooking advice. We’ll let Liz take it away…<\/p>\n

\"Gingerbread
\nFrom Liz: Growing up, the smell of cookies filled our home at this time of year. My mom would invite each one of my 5 siblings and me to bake any kind of cookie we dreamed of. I’m sure you can imagine, that’s a lot of cookies! Here is my simple gingerbread recipe: it’s kid-friendly to bake and takes just a few steps. It’s also lightweight enough for Santa to enjoy more than one!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gingerbread Cookies<\/h1>\n

What you’ll need:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the gingerbread:<\/h3>\n

3 cups sprouted spelt flour or all-purpose flour
\n1 teaspoon baking powder
\n3\/4 teaspoon baking soda
\n1\/4 teaspoon sea salt
\n1 1\/2 tablespoons ground ginger
\n2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
\n1\/4 teaspoon ground cloves
\n1\/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
\n1\/8 teaspoon ground allspice
\n1\/2 cup unsalted butter or vegan butter
\n1\/4 cup molasses
\n2 tablespoons agave syrup
\n1\/4 cup coconut sugar
\n1\/4 cup unsweetened almond milk or other milk
\n2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon ground vanilla bean pod<\/li>\n

For the light icing:<\/h3>\n

1\/4 cup monk fruit sugar or confectioner’s sugar
\n2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk or other milk<\/p>\n

For the dark icing:<\/h3>\n

One 2.1 oz. bar Hu Kitchen salted dark chocolate<\/p>\n

What to do:<\/strong>
\nIn a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and allspice.<\/p>\n

To another bowl, add butter, molasses, agave, coconut sugar, and vanilla. Beat with a hand mixer on medium speed until well-combined.<\/p>\n

Slowly fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients, adding about a quarter of the dry mixture at a time and scraping down the sides to evenly incorporate. Transfer resulting dough to a large piece of parchment paper and top with another piece of paper. Use a rolling pin to roll dough to about 1\/4″ thick. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Using cookie cutters, cut out shapes from the chilled dough and place on a silicon mat or parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned, 8\u20139 minutes. Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes after baking, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.<\/p>\n

While cookies cool, whisk together light icing ingredients in a bowl. Melt the chocolate for the dark icing.<\/p>\n

Once cookies are completely cool, pipe or drizzle icings onto cookies to decorate. Icing will harden when left to dry.<\/p>\n

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P.S. Enter the 12 Days of Cookies giveaway for the chance to win a $100 FreshDirect gift card. <\/strong>Head to the giveaway post on the @freshdirect<\/a> Instagram and tag a friend in the comments to submit your entry. See the full contest rules here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, don’t forget to show us what you’re baking this holiday season! Use the hashtag #FD12DaysOfCookies<\/a> on Instagram. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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