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Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies

Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies are fragrant spiced treats, perfect for the Christmas season and lovely with a cup of hot chocolate.
Recipe Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 15 minutes
  • Cooking 25 minutes
  • Servings for 30 cookies

Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies are perfect Christmas Treats, with a soft, fragrant and flavorful center. The recipe for these Glazed Ginger Cookies is really simple, which is why you can make it together with the little ones, who won’t have to deal with rolling pins and cookie cutters this time.

In fact, to make these Glazed Ginger Cookies, all you need to do is portion the dough and give it a rustic shape by hand, so the cookies stay slightly thicker and therefore softer after baking. These Ginger Cookies are finished with a classic glaze made with powdered sugar, egg whites and vanilla extract, which coats each cookie in a thin, pearly layer, typical of a Christmas Cookie.

Ideal to serve at the end of a meal with coffee, these Soft Spiced Cookies are truly superb as an afternoon snack with a steaming cup of hot chocolate: we’re sure the pairing will win you over instantly.

If you’re looking for more tasty Christmas Cookies, try making Santa’s Mittens Cookies, Gingerbread Cookies and Cocoa Christmas Cookies. If instead you want to make other spicy Recipes with Ginger, we recommend the Homemade Candied Ginger, the Ginger Fried Chicken and the Sweet and Sour Ginger.

Now let’s tie on our aprons and get our hands in the dough: today we’re making fragrant, aromatic Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies.

Ingredients for 30 cookies

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Method

  1. To make the Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies, first combine the sugar, egg yolk and sour cream and mix well with a hand whisk. Then stir the baking soda and vinegar together in a small bowl and, as soon as they have reacted, add them to the mixture.
    Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies, step 1: mixing the sugar, egg yolk and sour cream
  2. Add the salt, vanilla extract and spices to the bowl as well, and finally add the flour, working it in a little at a time. You will get a very soft, slightly sticky dough. At this point, scoop up a tablespoon of dough and, with well-floured hands, shape it into a classic cookie. Arrange the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake them in a preheated conventional oven at 180 °C (350 °F) for 20-25 minutes.
    Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies, step 2: making the spiced dough
    Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies, step 2: shaping the cookies on the baking sheet
  3. Meanwhile, make the glaze. Beat the egg whites in a bowl and, as soon as they turn white and foamy, add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and mix with a hand whisk to combine, until the mixture is glossy and creamy.
    Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies, step 3: making the glaze
  4. When the cookies are ready, take them out of the oven and let them cool slightly, then dip them in the glaze and let them dry on a wire rack. Your Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies are ready to enjoy. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

If you prefer, you can use fresh ginger to make the cookies: a piece of about 2 cm (3/4 inch), grated into the dough, will be enough. And if you like the flavor, you can also add a pinch of ground cloves.

Tips

We decided to make standard-size Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies, but if you like you can also make bigger cookies and then have fun with Christmas-themed sugar decorations pressed into the fresh glaze. They’ll make lovely place cards or gifts for the holiday season.

Storage

Soft Glazed Ginger Cookies keep at room temperature, in an airtight container, for 2-3 days.

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