Glazed Gingerbread Cookies (with Video)

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These delicious gingerbread cookies are so cute, they look like they came from a package! Easy Glazed Gingerbread Cookies with a pretty vanilla glaze are an essential addition to your Christmas baking this year!

Crunchy glazed gingerbread cookies with a soft inside, these iced gingerbread cookies are better than any store-bought gingerbread cookies you will ever taste!

Glazed Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

I’m sharing today’s Christmas cookie recipe as part of a yearly “virtual cookie exchange” hosted by my friend, Natasha. You can check out all of the cookie recipes from the other participants at the bottom of this post.

This gingerbread cookie dough has taken me a couple of years to perfect, but I think we’re finally there!

These little glazed gingerbread cookies have that perfect snappy bite when you first tuck into them that gives way quickly to a soft, chewy gingerbread with the perfect amount of warming flavors. The cookies themselves are not too sweet so that vanilla glaze is not just super cute, it also helps add in some balance of sweetness.

The secret to these super cute cookies is two-fold:

I experimented a lot with this recipe – I wanted the perfect hard bite with a soft chew, and I wanted the perfect glaze.

While the glaze works if applied when the cookies are warm or cooled, I personally like it best when the glaze is applied to cooled gingerbread cookies. With the warm cookies, it’s absorbed more and doesn’t have the same uniform “candied” coating, plus it results in a harder cookie because the sugar glaze doesn’t “seal” the cookies but is absorbed into the cookie and crystallizes underneath the cookie “crust.” However, if you like a harder cookie, this may be the option that is best for you.

Can you freeze these cookies? Gingerbread cookies are one of the few cookies that you can freeze (either decorated or undecorated) without a flavor or quality loss! You can also freeze the dough and just allow it to come to room temperature before baking, so choose whichever works best for you!

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Check out our quick recipe video to see how easy these gingerbread cookies are to make – and then don’t forget to scroll down to grab your free printable recipe card:

Glazed Gingerbread Cookie Ingredients

For the vanilla glaze:

Scroll down to the printable recipe card for full measurements.

Tip: this recipe will also work with pre-made gingerbread cookie dough, if you don’t want the hassle of from-scratch gingerbread cookie dough.

Kitchen Tools You May Find Helpful

  • Electric mixer <– this is a great hand mixer if you don’t want to make the investment into a stand mixer
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Mixing bowl
  • Push Cookie Cutters <– this is how you create those super cute impressed cookies
  • Cooling racks <– I have and love these tiered cooling racks, they save so much counter space and are also oven-safe
  • Cookie Sheets
  • Rolling pin

How to Make Glazed Gingerbread Cookies

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes.

Add the egg and milk and beat to combine. Add the molasses and beat until fully combined. Set aside.

In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt.

Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until no dry patches remain.

Cover with plastic wrap and place dough in the fridge for 1 hour or overnight.

Preheat oven to 350F

Line two baking trays with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.

Roll out the cookie dough to 1/2″ thickness.

Cut out the cookie shapes with your chosen cutters and place the shapes on the prepared cookie trays.

Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes until  well browned.

Allow to cool for 2 minutes on baking sheets before attempting to move to a cooling rack.

Once the cookies are cooled, prepare the glaze.

In a wide bowl, combine all glaze ingredients and stir well until no powdered sugar lumps remain.

Dip each cookie into the glaze and allow the excess glaze to run off.

Place the cookies back on the cooling rack or cookie sheet and allow to dry for 1-2 hours before attempting to store or serve.

Pin this Easy Glazed Gingerbread Cookie recipe for your Christmas Baking:

How to make pretty glazed gingerbread cookies, just like you can find in a fancy bakery. These easy gingerbread cookies have a snappy bite but a soft chew and the perfect balance of warming gingerbread flavors. You need to add these Christmas cookies to your Christmas baking list

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Yield: 48 cookies

Glazed Gingerbread Cookies

Glazed Gingerbread Cookies

Crunchy glazed gingerbread cookies with a soft inside, these iced gingerbread cookies are better than any store-bought gingerbread cookies you will ever taste!

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cups brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup fancy molasses
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, or more to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the vanilla glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered icing sugar
  • 1-2 Tablespoons warm water
  • 1 Tablespoon butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes.
  2. Add the egg and milk and beat to combine. Add the molasses and beat until fully combined. Set aside.
  3. In a medium-sized bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt.
  4. Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until no dry patches remain.
  5. Cover with plastic wrap and place dough in the fridge for 1 hour or overnight.
  6. Preheat oven to 350F
  7. Line two baking trays with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
  8. Roll out the cookie dough to 1/2" thickness.
  9. Cut out the cookie shapes with your chosen cutters and place the shapes on the prepared cookie trays.
  10. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes until  well browned.
  11. Allow to cool for 2 minutes on baking sheets before attempting to move to a cooling rack.
  12. Once the cookies are cooled, prepare the glaze.
  13. In a wide bowl, combine all glaze ingredients and stir well until no powdered sugar lumps remain.
  14. Dip each cookie into the glaze and allow the excess glaze to run off.
  15. Place the cookies back on the cooling rack or cookie sheet and allow to dry for 1-2 hours before attempting to store or serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

42

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 107Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 89mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 0gSugar: 10gProtein: 1g

Sugar, Spice and Glitter uses an auto-generate nutrition calculator. Nutrition information isn’t always accurate unless analyzed in a scientific lab, so these should be considered more of a guideline than medical information.

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