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Chewbacca Gingerbread Cookie

Melissa
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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, room temp
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 gingerbread cookie cutter

Royal Icing Ingredients

  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • brown food coloring
  • black food coloring
  • 2 disposable piping bags fitted with a number 2 tip

Instructions
 

To Make the Dough

  • In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves until well blended.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter, brown sugar, and egg on medium speed until well combined.
  • Add your molasses and vanilla
  • Gradually stir in dry ingredients until blended.
  • Gather dough with your hands and make it into a ball
  • Divide dough in half
  • Wrap each half in plastic
  • Refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours and up to 4 days
  • Let dough come to room temperature before using

To Roll and Bake

  • When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
  • Line your baking sheets with parchment paper
  • Lightly sprinkly cutting board with flour and roll your dough out to 1/4 inch thick
  • Cut out shapes with cookie cutter
  • Remove excess dough from around the cookies and transfer to cookie sheet
  • Bake 1 sheet at a time for 7-9 minutes
  • Let cookies cool on the baking sheet until they are completely cool

Royal Icing Decorating Directions

  • Using a standing mixer, combine egg whites, cream of tartar, and powder sugar and mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form - about 7 minutes
  • Split the icing into 2 bowls
  • Add a few drops of brown food coloring into one bowl and mix until combined. Add in a few more drops and mix until you get to the shade that you lik.
  • Using only a few drops of black food coloring, mix until you get a light grey shade.
  • Scoop icing into their own bags
  • Using the brown icing, pipe a belt from the top of his left shoulder down to the bottom of his right shoulder
  • Fill it in and let sit for a few minutes
  • Using the grey icing, pipe squares on the belt.
  • Using the brown icing , pipe a line down the center
  • Using the grey icing, pipe small dots in the space between the squares
  • Let dry for an hour before enjoying
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