Gingerbread Snickerdoodle Cookies
Gingerbread snickerdoodle cookies with cinnamon creamcheese frosting
By @cooking_with_chinny
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 86 g unsalted butter
- 50 g brown sugar
- 35 g caster sugar
- 50 g molasses
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon powder
- 0.25 tsp nutmeg powder
- 0.125 tsp clove powder
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 piece egg yolk
- 140 g flour
- 0.25 tsp baking powder
- 40 g caster sugar
- 0 cinnamon powder
- 0 ginger powder
- 0 clove powder
- 0 nutmeg powder
- 40 g butter
- 120 g creamcheese
- 60 g powdered sugar
- 0.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 0.25 tsp ginger powder
Instructions
- Prepare the cookie base by combining 86g unsalted butter (room temp), 50g brown sugar, 35g caster sugar, 50g molasses, 1 tsp ginger powder, 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder, 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder, 1/8 tsp clove powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 egg yolk, 140g flour, and 1/4 tsp baking powder.
- Prepare the sugar mixture by combining 40g caster sugar with a tiny amount of cinnamon, ginger, clove, and nutmeg powder.
- Bake the cookies at 350°f for 11-12 minutes.
- Prepare the cinnamon creamcheese frosting by combining 40g butter (room temp), 120g creamcheese (room temp), 60 g powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp cinnamon powder, and 1/4 tsp ginger powder.