Gingerbread Blossoms
Description
Perfect gingerbread treats. I don’t know how many attempts Sally makes when testing a recipe, but if you follow the directions, these are very quick, and they work every time, zero chilling required. You can also fit a lot on a pan because they don’t really spread so this recipe is 2 baking sheets for me, with a rotation thru the freezer. Hershey’s kisses are key, and I happened across some that were peppermint white chocolate – amazing (fancy-looking) cookies that can work for any occasion, and what’s below makes 28-30 – enjoy!
Ingredients
3 c. (375 g) flour AND 1 t. baking soda
2 t. ground ginger AND 1 1/4 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. EACH ground cloves, allspice, nutmeg AND salt
3/4 c. (170 g) butter, softened to room temperature
3/4 c. (150 g) dark brown sugar
6 T. (128 g) molasses
1 egg, room temperature AND 1 t. vanilla
1/2 c. (100 g) coarse sugar for rolling
~30 unwrapped Hershey’s Kisses or Hugs – I found some white chocolate candy cane kisses! – 1 bag (180 g) was enough
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 and line 2 large baking sheets with parchment. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg and salt and set aside.
Using your electric mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar for about 3 minutes until creamy, scraping down the bowl as needed. Add the molasses, egg and vanilla, beat for another minute, then add in all of the dry ingredients and mix on low until there is no trace of flour – the dough will be thick!
Roll the dough into 30 gram balls, rolls each in the coarse sugar and arrange on the baking sheets a good inch apart – I had a total of 28 cookies and they fit on 2 trays. Bake for 12 minutes, then remove from the oven and leave them to rest for 5 minutes. Carefully transfer the cookies to a tray that will fit into your freezer, press a chocolate kiss into the center of each and then pop the tray into the freezer for 10 minutes so the chocolate can set.
Your cookies are now ready to serve, store or freeze and they’ll be a hit with everyone!
