Making Gingerbread Cookies. Make sure that your cookies are baked and cooled before guests arrive. Modified for younger students.
Mix brown sugar shortening molasses and water in large bowl with spoon. To make sticky gingerbread dough easier to work with chill it for at least 1 hour before rolling it out. Add flour brown sugar baking soda cinnamon ginger cloves and salt to a mixing bowl and mix.
Roll out the dough on a surface thats lightly dusted with flour or a mixture of flour and confectioners sugar aka powdered sugar.
To make sticky gingerbread dough easier to work with chill it for at least 1 hour before rolling it out. In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour cinnamon ginger baking soda cloves salt and nutmeg. On low speed slowly mix into the wet ingredients until combined. Make sure that your cookies are baked and cooled before guests arrive.