Molded Gingerbread Cookies

Capture the magic of the culinary season with these Molded Gingerbread Cookies. They may look too pretty to eat, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying these beautiful creations.

Cookie lovers will marvel at their intricate designs etched into the golden brown gingerbread dough. You have special cookie molds to thank for these beautiful impressions.

I know you’ll enjoy making these beautiful gingerbread cookies.

These cookies are such a treat for the eyes and the taste buds and each bite offers a perfect balance of warm spices and rich molasses. You’ll find the full recipe a bit further down in this post.

I do want to emphasize that you may need to kneed the dough by hand for a bit if the dough mixes to crumbly in your stand mixer.

I personally love the feel of rolling dough so I never mind having to do that.

At the heart of every molded cookie is a beautiful mold. These molds are typically made of wood or resin and are etched with incredible designs and whimsical scenes that transfer beautifully into the gingerbread dough (or other types of molded cookie dough).

NOTE: These molds don’t work as well with ordinary dough and are more successful with molded cookie dough recipes. I’ve included a molded cookie dough recipe further down in this post.

Also, if you’re in the market for cookie molds (you won’t be able to stop with just one), I’ve listed some of my favorite mold sources below.

Meanwhile, I’ve used these molds many times to make traditional Springerle cookies too. I wrote a very extensive post on Springerle cookies and their storied history along with interviews with mold collectors, tips for success in using these special molds, and much more. You can read that previous post HERE.

Sweet Impressions • Fancy Flour • Gingerhaus 

Fancy Flours • Springerle Emporium • Anis-Paradies

I’ve had a few occasions where the dough sticks to the mold and that’s why it’s super important to remember to dust every part of the intricate mold before each AND every use.

Once you dust the mold, just lightly tap the edge of it on the table to get rid of the excess flour and you’re good to go.

I also suggest you stand up over the dough, when pressing the mold. This way, you can use your weight advantage to press the mold for a more successful and even imprint.

By the way, you can find this snowman cookie mold HERE.

I continue to work on my food-on-the-move videography series, and I’ve included my latest Food in Motion video featuring these Molded Gingerbread Cookies for your viewing pleasure.

You can watch the video fullscreen within this post, or you can click over and watch it on YouTube.

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Thanks so much for the sweet support and enjoy the video (and the recipe that follows).

Food in Motion

I hope you’ll be inspired to make these cookies yourself, celebrating the tasty tradition of transforming simple ingredients into stunning edible creations.

Look how lovely they look stacked up and tied with a festive ribbon.

Consider making a few stacks and gifting them to the cookie lovers in your life.

You can also lightly dust these cookies with powdered sugar for a more wintery presentation at your holiay dessert table.

Whether enjoyed plain or adorned with a dusting of sugar, these Molded Gingerbread Cookies are a timeless treat that truly captures the cozy essence of the holidays. I hope you give them a try.

Thanks for popping by.

Happy holiday baking and see you back here next time.