Family, teachers and co-workers all got platters, but Mom didn’t stop there. Everyone – and I do mean EVERYONE – would get a platter of cookies. My late mother (who worked fulltime as an RN) would start baking the weekend before Thanksgiving and would continue right up through Christmas Eve, producing double and triple batches of anywhere from 15 to 30 different varieties of cookies. I’ve made four varieties so far this month, and I’ve got my eyes on three more that I want to tackle if I have the energy. I purposely get all my shopping, wrapping, decorating, cards and the rest out of the way by the end of November so that I can play with butter and sugar and flour and spices all through December. Great job with the process, too!Īnd yes, as a matter of fact, I do make cookies around the holidays. Those cookies look AWESOME and I would totally try them – I loves me some good gingerbread, especially around this time of year. If you end up making it with the icing, be sure to let me know how it is!ĭo you like gingerbread? Do you make cookies around the holidays? Let me know in the comments, and have a great day! And it didn’t use that many dishes, either, which is always a plus.Īnd yes, the recipe does call for icing on these cookies, but after tasting them, I decided they didn’t need any, so I didn’t make it. These cookies were quick, easy, and very spiced and gingerbread-y tasting. This recipe was very simple! Just mix everything together in a bowl, and bake! Nothin’ to it. So, I used a cookie dough scooper to measure, and then rolled them in my hands into (imperfect) balls, tossed them in a bowl of granulated sugar, and put them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper: Feel free to, though, working with sticky dough is annoying. While the dough was definitely sticky, it wasn’t enough of a hassle rolling it into balls for me to add the flour, so I did not add any extra. The recipe says that if it is too sticky to roll into balls, you can add an extra two or so tablespoons of flour. Okay, that batter definitely looks a little less appetizing and a little more dog poopy, but let’s trust the process.Īs you can see, even after adding all the dry ingredients, this is a pretty sticky batter. It’s definitely hard to tell from the picture, but I can assure you it had been beaten to adequate fluffiness.Īfter that, I added the egg and molasses, and continued to use my electric mixer because why not: So I busted out my handheld electric mixer and beat it much more thoroughly until it looked more along the lines of light and fluffy: Which looked like this:Īfter everything was mixed together, I noticed the recipe said to mix it until it was light and fluffy, which this minimally combined mixture was not. Moving on, the first step was to mix together the brown sugar, butter, espresso powder, and vanilla. This one came from Amazon, and I would definitely recommend it, as I’m partial towards King Arthur (it’s also what flour I use).Īlso, the recipe says to use salted butter, but I was fresh out so I just used unsalted and threw a big pinch of salt in the batter. Personally, I can never find espresso powder in the store. Other than those two things, and maybe the ginger, I’d say the ingredients required are pretty standard. The same can be said about molasses you’ll probably have to go buy that. I happened to have everything on hand, but I will say espresso powder is definitely not a pantry staple for most people (the recipe says you can also use instant coffee powder, though). Honestly, this recipe doesn’t call for anything too unusual. A few people ended up asking me for the recipe (which I will always give because they’re never mine anyways), so I figured I’d do a post over them, give you all the recipe, and talk about how they turned out! So without further ado, here is Half Baked Harvest’s “ Soft Gingerbread Latte Cookies“.Īs usual, we’ll start with the ingredients: Well, the title really says it all! If you follow me on Twitter, you probably saw me tweet about these cookies a couple days ago. Making Half Baked Harvest’s Soft Gingerbread Latte Cookies
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