Gingerbread Meltaway Cookies

Listen, I am begging you to make these remarkably soft gingerbread cookies. With a thin sugary icing, a perfect spice and a texture that is everything nice (pillowy, melt in your mouth nice), these are Christmas cookie gold.

Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 6 minutes

Servings: 50 small cookies Calories: 85 kcal

1 cup salted butter, softened

1 ¼ cup powdered sugar

1 egg

½ cup molasses

1 ½ tbsp vanilla extract

4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

2 tsp baking powder

¾ tsp salt

subheading: Gingerbread Man Icing:

4 tbsp butter

1 tbsp vegetable shortening *Optional, but it helps the icing to crust and get hard on the outside.

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

¼ cup milk, plus more as needed

1 ½ tsp clear vanilla extract

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