Name: Bite Sized Gingerbread Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients: 2 cups dark brown sugar; 1 cup molasses; 2 teaspoons ginger; 3 teaspoons cinnamon; 2 teaspoons clove; 1 ½ sticks of butter; 1 egg; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 3 cups of flour; nonstick cooking spray; sprinkles for topping

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Gingerbread is a classic holiday recipe that makes the whole house smell great! Enjoy it this year with this easy Bite Sized Gingerbread Recipe.

These bite sized gingerbread cookies are perfect for holiday snacking. They're easy, quick, and perfectly adorable for your holiday cookie plates.

Making these gingerbread cookies is easy, quick, and fun. This recipe makes 30 bite sized gingerbread cookies. They’re prefect for sharing, gifting, and more!

When I say that these gingerbread cookies are quick I’m not kidding. They’re ready, start to finish, in about 25 minutes. Gingerbread is such a classic cookie but this particular recipe is fast and easy!

What will I need to make gingerbread cookies?

Here is what you will need to make my bite sized gingerbread cookies recipe. Simple ingredients, nothing too crazy or hard to find in this one!

Do I have to use dark brown sugar?

I would definitely recommend sticking to the ingredients listed for this cookie recipe. Some cookie recipes are flexible but for gingerbread you need to have the consistency right or they can quickly go from tasty, chewy, bits to hard as a rock and inedible.

If you don’t have the dark brown sugar and you decide to go with something else, let us know how it works out in the comments below. I’m sure others will find it useful in the future if they too find themselves in a pinch!

How to make my bite sized gingerbread recipe:

This recipe is relatively simple. The kids can have fun helping out with it as well. If you have little ones who like to bake, this is a great recipe to have them help with, it’s fun to decorate the cookies and since it’s a quick recipe you don’t have to worry about keeping them entertained!

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Mix dark brown sugar, molasses and spices in the bowl of a mixer with paddle attachment (or with hand mixer).
Add in the butter, and mix for about 1 minute.
Add in flour and baking soda, and while mixing, add the egg.
Grease a square 9×9 pan with the nonstick spray. Press dough into the pan evenly. Top with sprinkles, if using.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Toothpick should come out clean.
Let cool and remove from pan. Cut into bite size pieces.

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Yield: 30 Cookies

Bite Sized Gingerbread Recipe

These bite sized gingerbread cookies are perfect for holiday snacking. They're easy, quick, and perfectly adorable for your holiday cookie plates.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups dark brown sugar
1 cup molasses
2 teaspoons ginger
3 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons clove
1 ½ sticks of butter
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 cups of flour
nonstick cooking spray
sprinkles for topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Mix dark brown sugar, molasses and spices in the bowl of a mixer with paddle attachment (or with hand mixer).
Add in the butter, and mix for about 1 minute.
Add in flour and baking soda, and while mixing, add the egg.
Grease a square 9x9 pan with the nonstick spray. Press dough into the pan evenly. Top with sprinkles, if using.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Toothpick should come out clean.
Let cool and remove from pan. Cut into bite size pieces.