Cutler’s Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Frosting are fairly probably the most effective gingerbread cookie. On. The. Planet. Of all of the ginger cookie recipes I’ve posted over time on A Bountiful Kitchen, that is my favourite! Due to Cutler’s for sharing this wonderful cookie recipe with ABK readers!
I tailored this Cutler’s recipe only a bit for baking in a house kitchen, and the result’s over-the-top scrumptious! Curt Cutler, former proprietor of Cutler’s, shared his mom’s recipe with me again in 2010. His mom began Cutler’s within the outdated 5 Factors Mall in Bountiful again within the 80’s. Her kids have taken over the enterprise and proceed to promote her well-known sandwiches and cookies.
I’ve eaten at Cutler’s for years and may say they had been one of many originals on the cookie scene within the Wasatch Entrance! They had been on the high of the cookie pile earlier than there have been cookie wars! My favorites are the Frosted Peanut Butter, the Brownie Marshmallow, and Cutler’s Gingerbread Cookies with Buttercream Frosting. Initially, they solely made the ginger cookie through the holidays, however demand modified that, and now the ginger cookie is offered 12 months ’spherical!
This cookie is the proper mixture of candy, spice, and every little thing good. You’ve by no means tasted a frosted ginger cookie like this! Gentle and buttery, with simply the correct amount of ginger and molasses to make this cookie barely chewy too.
Give this cookie a do this vacation season. I promise you’ll not be upset! Completely happy holidays, my associates!
Initially shared in 2011, this submit has been up to date with new content material and pictures December 2023
This chewy gingerbread cookie is frosted with buttercream and is the most effective ginger cookie you’ll ever eat!
Cutler’s Buttercream Frosting
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Cookies:
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Preheat oven to 350 levels and set rack in the midst of the oven. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or flippantly spray the baking sheets. Put aside.
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Combine butter and sugar collectively within the bowl of a stand mixer. Add 1 egg plus one egg yolk and molasses. Combine till mixed.
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Add the salt, baking soda, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and flour to the bowl. Pulse the mixer a couple of instances, then combine on low simply till mixed.
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Scoop the cookies onto the parchment-lined baking sheets, about 6-8 per sheet. As soon as on the baking sheets, roll the dough balls into granulated sugar earlier than baking. Don’t flatten earlier than baking.
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Bake at 350 levels for about 10-12 minutes. Cookies are accomplished when the highest is crackled and the center now not appears to be like moist or shiny.
Frosting:
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Combine softened butter and powdered sugar collectively till clean.
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Add vanilla and salt; combine nicely.
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Add milk as wanted to skinny the frosting.
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Frost cooled cookies and add sprinkles instantly after frosting. Retailer the cookies in a lined container in a single layer.
- Curt’s authentic recipe requires 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup margarine. Shortening may be used.
- The butter within the cookie dough must be barely tender, not room temperature. If the butter is just too tender, the cookies will unfold whereas baking.
- I exploit a #16 scoop, which holds about 4 tablespoons, or 1/4 cup, of dough. The cookies could also be made utilizing a smaller scoop.
- The baking time can fluctuate with this recipe, relying on altitude, temperature of butter, scoop dimension, and so forth., anyplace from 8-12 minutes. Be certain that the cookie is ready, with no moist or shiny spots on the highest.
- Cutler’s makes use of a business cake flour on this recipe, however I’ve discovered all-purpose works finest at house.
- Cutler’s additionally makes use of this dough for making gingerbread males. If rolling out and slicing dough, add an extra 2-3 tablespoons of flour and chill the dough for two hours earlier than slicing. Generously flour the floor as nicely.
- This cookie freezes nicely and might be refrigerated to set the frosting, then stacked in a container with parchment paper on high of every layer.
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