Gingerbread Cookie Santa Sleigh and Reindeer Garland

gingerbread reindeer cookie garland in tin

Gingerbread Cookie Santa Sleigh and Reindeer Garland

A super cute recipe and tutorial for making a gingerbread santa sleigh and reindeer garland

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword christmas cookies, cookies, gingerbread recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

chill time 1

Total Time 1 30

Servings cookies

Calories 56kcal

Author Jen

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour spooned and levelled, plus more for rolling
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
⅓ cup packed dark-brown sugar
⅓ cup unsulphered molasses
1 large egg

Instructions

Whisk together the flour, spices, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
Now, use an electric mixer to beat the butter and brown sugar together until smooth.
Add in the molasses and egg. Now, with the mixer on low, add the bowl of dry ingredients. Mix until the dough forms.
Place the dough on a sheet of floured plastic wrap and use your hands to pat it into an 8-inch square. Wrap it up well and chill the dough until it is firm, 1 to 2 hours.
Once the dough has chilled, roll out the dough ⅛" thick. To make the Santa sleigh and reindeer, cut out 9 reindeer (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Doner, Blitzen and Rudolph) and 1 sleigh. With a toothpick or skewer, poke two holes in each reindeer's side. Make the holes large enough so the ribbon will feed easily through. Repeat with each reindeer. Poke a hole in the back end of the sleigh and the front.
Bake the cookies, on a parchment line baking sheet, at 350°C for 10-12 minutes.
Bake until bottom is lightly golden. Set aside on rack to cool completely

Notes

Nutrition Info is to be used as a rough guide. Nutrition Info is based on the products I am using and you may not be using the same products/brands. Thus, the Nutrition Info may vary.

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