By Taffey Bakery
Holiday Gingerbread Cookie Bars
11 steps
Prep:45minCook:15min
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! These gingerbread bars are the next best festive treat you need to add to your Christmas baking. The bars are full of warm spices and flavour and topped off with a sweet fluffy cream cheese frosting and decorated with holiday sprinkles and cute little Gingerbread men.
Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:07:18 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
66
Moderate
Glycemic Load
42
High
Nutrition per serving
Calories470.8 kcal (24%)
Total Fat22.1 g (32%)
Carbs64.1 g (25%)
Sugars41.5 g (46%)
Protein4.8 g (10%)
Sodium252.7 mg (13%)
Fiber1.1 g (4%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
9 servings
Gingerbread Cookie Bars
½ cupbutter
melted
⅓ cupwhite sugar
⅓ cupbrown sugar
¼ cupmolasses
2 tspvanilla
1egg
room temperature
2 cupsflour
2 tspcinnamon
½ tspnutmeg
½ tspcloves
½ tspginger
2 tspbaking soda
Cream cheese frosting
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Step 2
In a bowl, whisk together melted butter and both sugars.
Step 3
Whisk in molasses, egg, and vanilla.
molasses¼ cup
vanilla2 tsp
egg1 Step 4
Once well combined, fold in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. This will form a thick batter. Do not over-mix.
flour2 cups
cinnamon2 tsp
nutmeg½ tsp
cloves½ tsp
ginger½ tsp
baking soda2 tspStep 5
Pour into a prepared (lined and greased) 8×8 square pan. Spread out evenly.
Step 6
Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Step 7
While it cools, prep the frosting. In a stand mixer cream together cream cheese and butter on medium speed for 3-5 minutes.
Step 8
Add in powdered sugar and vanilla and continue mixing until a smooth and thick frosting has formed.
Step 9
For thicker frosting, add more sugar until desired preference has been reached.
Step 10
Once the bars have completely cooled, frost and decorate with sprinkles and gingerbread men (optional).
Step 11
Enjoy!
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