Description
Easy Gingerbread Cookie Bites are a delightful and simple treat perfect for the holiday season, combining traditional gingerbread flavors in bite-sized squares.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 tablespoons shortening
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup molasses
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¼ cup holiday nonpareils sprinkles
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves in a small bowl until blended.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, beat the butter, shortening, brown sugar, and egg on medium speed until well blended.
- Add in the molasses and vanilla and continue to mix again until combined.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients into the molasses mixture and blend until smooth.
- Press the dough out into a 8×8 inch pan lined with parchment paper. The dough should be flat and even.
- Sprinkle the dough with your festive sprinkles and use your hand to lightly press them into the dough. Make sure that the entire surface area is well covered.
- Chill for at least 2 hours, or up to 8 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Prepare the baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper.
- Remove the parchment lined cookie dough from the pan and then set it on a cutting board.
- Cut the dough into 1/2 inch cubes using a ruler as a guide. You should be able to get 10-11 rows on each side, yielding about 100 small cubes of dough.
- Transfer the dough cubes to your prepared baking sheet and leave a space of one inch between each cube. You should be able to fit about 30-35 per baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies one sheet at a time for 7 minutes and allow the cookies to rest on the hot pan for another 2 minutes as they cool. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For best results, chill the dough before baking.
- Experiment with different sprinkles to customize your cookie bites.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie bite
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 10mg