It’s super easy to whip up, easy to work with, tastes delicious and is absolutely perfect with this cookie! I hope you love it too. I used our go-to vanilla royal icing recipe, which you can find HERE. I used fine, white sanding sugar for specific sections, right after flooding to create the shimmer. ![]() You just wouldn’t get the same pop on a regular sugar cookie. In terms of decorating design, I am obsessed with white on white and think it’s just stunning in contrast with the gingerbread cookie color. But make sure you look at all your old cutters first, you may have these staples in your collection already! As a side note, I also like to use bread flour for my chocolate chip cookies. We are trying to make a nice, chewy cookie and it is perfect for this soft ginger cookie recipe. If you are looking for something similar, I’d suggest THIS cutter set for the gingerbread people. Bread Flour vs All-Purpose Flour Bread flour adds more gluten to cookies and makes it chewier. These cookies are perfect for decorating, whether you are a professional, hobby baker or decorating with the kids! For this set, I used my gingerbread man, woman and tree cutters that I’ve had for years. They smell THAT good! Let’s get into it! Cutters & Design But are ridiculously delicious plain too! I’m not even exaggerating when I tell you it took all my willpower to not eat all these while I was decorating them. Fortunately, we have family and friends that LOVE all the cookies that don’t make out cut, so they don’t go to waste! But I’m thrilled to be sharing this amazing gingerbread cookie recipe with you all! I’m very picky about the recipes I’ll publish, and they have to be perfect…since they are for my besties! These are soft, chewy, with just the right balance of spice and pair AMAZINGLY with our vanilla royal icing. ![]() The holiday season is upon us and after MANY attempts at perfecting my gingerbread cookie recipe, I’ve done it!! I can’t even think about all the trials, tweaks and cookies that were ALMOST perfect, but weren’t. I only recommend products I use myself or stand behind and would recommend to my besties! Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you.
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