Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2017

Crisp gingerbread cookies can be great, but sometimes only soft and chewy will do.

SERVES Makes about 24 cookies

TIME 1 hour, plus 1 hour chilling and 20 minutes cooling

Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Some recipes for soft and chewy gingerbread cookies that we tried turned out specimens that were gummy rather than chewy. For our recipe, we were after the perfect soft, chewy gingerbread cookie. After many tests, we identified the key to c...

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