Gingerbread Snickerdoodle Cookies

Gingerbread snickerdoodle cookies with cinnamon creamcheese frosting

By @cooking_with_chinny

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Gingerbread Snickerdoodle Cookies

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

  1. 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.
  2. Prepare the sugar mixture by combining 40g caster sugar with a tiny amount of cinnamon, ginger, clove, and nutmeg powder.
  3. Bake the cookies at 350°f for 11-12 minutes.
  4. 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.
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