The Dish: Gingerbread cookies at Blue Frog Bakery

The holidays are here and nothing's better than some traditional gingerbread cookies this time of year, Frances is in the kitchen at Blue Frog Bakery to show you how easy and delicious this recipe is in tonight's Dish.

The restaurant: Blue Frog Bakery in Jamaica Plain

The Chef: Brad Brown

The Dish: Gingerbread Cookies

The recipe:

Blue Frog Bakery ginger bread cookie dough

Ingredients

3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar

1 stick butter or margarine, softened

2 large eggs

1/4 cup molasses

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting work surface

2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

Using an electric mixer at low speed, cream the sugar and butter until thoroughly combined. Add the eggs and molasses and mix until combined. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and combine with a spoon or spatula.

Remove the dough from the bowl and wrap in plastic wrap; place in the refrigerator until firm, about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Allow the dough to sit at room temperature for about 15 minutes, until pliable. Take about 1/2 cup of dough at a time and roll floured until about 1/8-inch thick. Cut out with gingerbread cookie cutters. You can re-roll the scraps. Using a spatula, transfer the cookies from the board to the prepared cookie sheets.

Bake for 10 minutes, until just beginning to brown at the edges.

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