These quick gingerbread cookies with sprinkles are tasty little bites of holiday heaven. This super simple and easy gingerbread dough transforms into delicious little gingerbread cookies you’ll want to share with Santa! So get a plate ready, and pour a little milk!

These are super tasty and so easy to make! I usually make these with my boys and they just love putting the buttons and eyes on the gingerbread shapes! It’s the best part! My favorites are actually just the plain round cutouts. I’ll poke a whole in the round shapes with a straw at the top, pull some ribbon through, and turn a few into ornaments.. It’s always fun to add a few to the Christmas tree!

Turn Some of your Quick Gingerbread Cookies Into Ornaments!

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We usually use a candy cane shape, plain round cutout shape, star shape, bell, and gingerbread man shape. You can use any shape you like!

Use Your Favorite Christmas cookie cutters and chill the gingerbread cookie dough

To help myself out with the handling of this dough, I actually go ahead and chill it in the fridge for 45 minutes or even an hour. This makes it a little easier for me handle the dough.

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If, however, you are short on time and need to keep these quick, simply roll out right away and bake. Keep in mind that the dough is made from butter which means the warmer it gets, the harder it is to handle. Roll out on a flour dusted work surface such as a marble or stone counter to help keep it as cool as possible.

The gingerbread dough tends to puff up slightly more in the oven if they are not chilled first. If you prefer to keep a nice crisp edge on your cookie shapes, don’t skip the chilling part. You can also place the dough in the freezer to chill it faster.

I will mention that in addition to keeping a better shape for the cookie, the chilling also makes rolling, cutting, and transferring the dough to cookie sheets easier.

Having said that, if you are looking for a quick gingerbread cookie recipe and don’t mind a puffier overall shape, make this dough and bake straight away! I do this with my kids when we crave these easy quick gingerbread cookies on the fly! We tend to keep the process short and sweet! Just mix, roll, cut, decorate, and devour!

Make the dough for these easy gingerbread cookies

• In a bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and ground clove until combined.
• Combine wet ingredients in a separate bowl. To do this, grab your stand mixer or hand mixer and beat butter, brown sugar, and egg until well blended. Add vanilla and molasses and mix until combined.

• Now add in the dry ingredients little by little until well combined with the whipped butter mixture and dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
• Divide your quick gingerbread dough in half. Form into two balls and wrap each half in plastic wrap. Chill gingerbread cookie dough in the fridge for about 45 minutes to an hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Dust your surface or countertop with a light dusting of flour. Dust your rolling pin with flour as well.

Roll & Cut Gingerbread Cookies

Roll out chilled gingerbread dough until it’s about 1/4 inch thick. Use holiday and Christmas cookie cutters to cut into fun shapes. With a thin spatula, transfer cut cookie shapes to a cookie sheet or sheet pan lined with parchment paper or (my personal favorite) a non-stick baking mat.

Top your Quick gingerbread cookies With Festive Sprinkles

Now comes the fun and colorful part! Simply give your quick gingerbread cookies a quick dusting of sanding sugars or Christmas sprinkles in fun colors and then bake! The sprinkles will adhere as the gingerbread cookies bake. Bake quick gingerbread cookies at 375 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and let cool.

Alternatively, you could bake them plain and then give them a quick coating of white icing with the back of a spoon. If coating with icing, let cookies cool completely on a rack and then top with simple white icing.

Now add on your holiday sprinkles and then let set overnight for the icing to harden. Lastly enjoy! You can find a simple white icing recipe if you scroll down to the recipe card for these easy spiced rum Christmas cookies with sprinkles. If using the icing for piping and lining your gingerbread cookies, adjust the recipe by adding more confectioners’ sugar as needed to make it thicker. Test on a small spot until desired consistency is reached.

Serve these at a festive Christmas party and set a plate with these gingerbread cookies for Santa to enjoy! Don’t forget the milk…

Dip these Festive gingerbread cookies In Milk and Devour!

I hope you try these quick gingerbread cookies! They create simple holiday gingerbread cookies that are fun to bake with the family (especially kids). It just isn’t Christmas without the smell of gingerbread swirling throughout the house!

Remember to leave a few of these easy gingerbread cookies for the man with the bag!

Santa and his reindeer enjoy these best with a splash of creamy milk. It’s a BIG job to fly that sleigh around the world in just one night… A little warmth from magical gingerbread spice will go a long way!

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