16 gingerbread cookies decorated simple ideas

Basic Gingerbread Cookies Use this basic gingerbread recipe to make cutout cookies in various shapes. Our favorites are gingerbread boys and girls in different sizes, decorated with white royal icing and currant “buttons.”

Skinny Fit Jeans. Five Pockets. Washed Effect With Rips At Legs. Cuffed Hem. Cropped Length. Front Zip And Metal Button Closure. Use this basic gingerbread recipe to make cutout cookies in various shapes. Our favorites are gingerbread boys and girls in different sizes, decorated with white royal icing and currant “buttons.”

These easy soft and chewy gingerbread cookies are the perfect holiday cutout cookie recipe!

Gingerbread CookiesThese easy soft and chewy gingerbread cookies are the perfect holiday cutout cookie recipe!

These adorable Gingerbread Man {and woman!} cookies are SO cute and so much fun to bake and decorate! This recipe doubles as a fun holiday activity to do with your kids and is perfect for any holiday occasion!

This Hungarian artist, who goes by Mezesmanna on Instagram, takes simple gingerbread cookies, and turns them into intricate pieces of edible art.

Video tutorial on how to decorate christmas cookies using simple designs perfect for beginners. Icing and cookie recipe included.

Video tutorial on how to decorate christmas cookies using simple designs perfect for beginners. Icing and cookie recipe included.

The Most Wonderful Gingerbread Cookies This is my very favorite gingerbread cookie recipe. The dough is so firm and nice to work with and is so wonderful smelling that it is almost like a stress reliever. These disappear in lightning speed in my house! This recipe is adapted from a recipe in the Joy of Cooking and according to the entry they only have 3 grams of fat per cookie! If you want crisp cookies roll out very thin. Thicker cookies = softer cookies, thinner cookies= crisper cookies. If the dough is too sticky, chilling should help. **I noticed a lot of people have been having some sticky dough issues. You need to make sure you let the dough rest at LEAST two hours. For some reason this helps make the dough more workable. I live in FL and we have terrible humidity, but I have never had a problem with sticky dough in this recipe.

This is my very favorite gingerbread cookie recipe. The dough is so firm and nice to work with and is so wonderful smelling that it is almost like a stress reliever. These disappear in lightning speed in my house! This recipe is adapted from a recipe in the Joy of Cooking and according to the entry they only have 3 grams of fat per cookie! If you want crisp cookies roll out very thin. Thicker cookies = softer cookies, thinner cookies= crisper cookies. If the dough is too sticky, chilling should help. **I noticed a lot of people have been having some sticky dough issues. You need to make sure you let the dough rest at LEAST two hours. For some reason this helps make the dough more workable. I live in FL and we have terrible humidity, but I have never had a problem with sticky dough in this recipe.

Gingerbread Cookies – Delish.com Looking for a trifle recipe? This Gingerbread Trifle from Delish.com is the best.

These cookies are perfect for beginners and fun to decorate at any level. I’ll share all the basic how-to’s below, please feel free to leave questions if you have them. Thanks to Doodlebug Design Inc. most of the design ideas and to How Sweet is That? for having the cutters custom made for me. You can also find the cutters here, if you’d like to make them too. If you like videos, you can find a full royal icing guide here and a complete guide to making cut out cookies here. How to Decorate Mini Christmas Cookies – Simple Designs for Beginners Click here if you can’t see the video. Cookie Recipe These are sugar cookies; you can find the recipe here. There are other cut-out cookie recipes here. You can find the cookie cutters I used by clicking on the corresponding words below: Mini Tree Cookie Cutter Mini Mrs. Claus Cookie Cutter Mini Santa Cookie Cutter Mini Candy Cane Cutter Mini Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter Mini Christmas Pudding Cookie Cutter If you’d like to start baking and decorating early, click on the links to find posts on freezing cookies, thawing cookies and the shelf life of cookies. Royal Icing You can find my favorite royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness. You can also find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here. Decorating Items What you’ll need (These are affiliate links): Piping Tips – PME #1.5, Decorating Tip PME ST50Piping BagsCouplersGel Colors; Wilton Brown, Wilton Pink, Wilton No-Taste Red, Wilton Black, Americolor Forest GreenScribe Tool or ToothpicksLong TweezersFrosting SheetSnowflake Punch (make sure you check the size you want)Rainbow Dust Edible-Black Pen White Mini Non-pareils Silver Mini Dragees or Non-pareils Edible Gold Paint – Sweet SticksWhite Sanding Sugar Bow Silicon Mold Red Fondant*Mini Pico Projector – You can find a full tutorial on the projector here. Decorating Steps This video on outlining and flooding is a good place to start if you’re new to decorating cookies with royal icing. These cookie decorating basics YouTube videos may also be helpful to get you started. Besides the video tutorial on YouTube which I’ve shared above, I’ve also shared a few how-to videos on Instagram, which you can see here. The video is in fast forward for the sake of time, but if you have any questions about the decorating process, please feel free to ask below! Thanks to Lorrie of Creative Bag for the mini boxes pictured in this post and to Sherry of How Sweet is That? for the cookie plate and glass gift! Happy baking and decorating! xo, Marian

These cookies are perfect for beginners and fun to decorate at any level. I’ll share all the basic how-to’s below, please feel free to leave questions if you have them. Thanks to Doodlebug Design Inc. most of the design ideas and to How Sweet is That? for having the cutters custom made for me. You can also find the cutters here, if you’d like to make them too. If you like videos, you can find a full royal icing guide here and a complete guide to making cut out cookies here. How to Decorate Mini Christmas Cookies – Simple Designs for Beginners Click here if you can’t see the video. Cookie Recipe These are sugar cookies; you can find the recipe here. There are other cut-out cookie recipes here. You can find the cookie cutters I used by clicking on the corresponding words below: Mini Tree Cookie Cutter Mini Mrs. Claus Cookie Cutter Mini Santa Cookie Cutter Mini Candy Cane Cutter Mini Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter Mini Christmas Pudding Cookie Cutter If you’d like to start baking and decorating early, click on the links to find posts on freezing cookies, thawing cookies and the shelf life of cookies. Royal Icing You can find my favorite royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness. You can also find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here. Decorating Items What you’ll need (These are affiliate links): Piping Tips – PME #1.5, Decorating Tip PME ST50Piping BagsCouplersGel Colors; Wilton Brown, Wilton Pink, Wilton No-Taste Red, Wilton Black, Americolor Forest GreenScribe Tool or ToothpicksLong TweezersFrosting SheetSnowflake Punch (make sure you check the size you want)Rainbow Dust Edible-Black Pen White Mini Non-pareils Silver Mini Dragees or Non-pareils Edible Gold Paint – Sweet SticksWhite Sanding Sugar Bow Silicon Mold Red Fondant*Mini Pico Projector – You can find a full tutorial on the projector here. Decorating Steps This video on outlining and flooding is a good place to start if you’re new to decorating cookies with royal icing. These cookie decorating basics YouTube videos may also be helpful to get you started. Besides the video tutorial on YouTube which I’ve shared above, I’ve also shared a few how-to videos on Instagram, which you can see here. The video is in fast forward for the sake of time, but if you have any questions about the decorating process, please feel free to ask below! Thanks to Lorrie of Creative Bag for the mini boxes pictured in this post and to Sherry of How Sweet is That? for the cookie plate and glass gift! Happy baking and decorating! xo, Marian

These gingerbread cookies are made with healthier ingredients than a traditional gingerbread cookie and are easy to make!