Gingerbread Sugar Cookies are a delightful blend of two classic holiday favorites: sugar cookies and gingerbread. These cookies combine the soft, buttery texture of sugar cookies with the warm spices of gingerbread. Perfect for holiday baking, these cookies offer the best of both worlds, making them a delicious and versatile treat for Christmas parties, gift-giving, or family gatherings.
Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside
Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg and mix until combined and creamy
Using a large bowl, combined the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter
Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed
Using your hands continue to mix until fully combined
Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times
Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick
Cut out a few Gingerbread men and place onto the cookie sheet
Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown
Repeat steps until completely out of dough
Let cookies cool completely
Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form
Scoop icing into 6 bowls to mix colors in, leaving one bowl with the most icing for the brown color.
Add in some brown gel coloring into the bowl with the most icing and mix until combined. Add in a few more drops of brown and mix until you get the shade you like
Add in the remaining colors into their own bowls, leaving one white
Scoop a little bit of icing into each piping bag and set aisde
Add in 3 tablespoons of water into the brown icing bowl and mix until combined
Pour icing into the squeeze bottle and set aside
Using the brown icing piping bag, pipe an outline around all of the gingerbread men cookies
Once done, fill in with the thinner icing
Let cookies dry overnight
Using the red icing bag, pipe a scarf around the gingerbread mens neck
Using the white icing, add squiggly lines to his arms and legs
Using the black icing, pipe on the dots on his belly, for his eyes and pipe on a smile
Using the pink icing add a dot at the end of the smile for his cheeks