Gingerbread Cookies

Recipe

Preparation time - 10 minutes

Baking time - 10 minutes

Makes - 20-25 cookies

Ingredients

2 cup AP flour

½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp ginger powder

⅓ tsp ground clove

½ cup softened butter

½ cup brown sugar

¼ cup jaggery

1 tsp orange zest

1 tsp vanilla

3 + ½ tbsp warm milk

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 170°C

2. Cream the butter with brown sugar and jaggery until fluffy. Stir in vanilla and orange zest.

3. Add in the AP flour, baking powder, baking soda and the spices and mix well.

4. Add the warm milk (add more or less as per your dough) and mix until the dough comes together.

5. Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes until it is tough enough to work with.

6. Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment paper, into a ¼ of an inch thick base.

7. Use a cookie cutter to cut the dough into the desired shape.

8. Bake for 10 minutes until the edges become golden-brown. Let them cool completely before lifting them off the tray.

Chef’s tips

1. Use room temperature butter as it’s easier to cream.

2. Dip your cookie cutter in flour, to prevent the dough from sticking on it.

HAPPY COOKING!!!