Gingerbread Cookies

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Difficulty: easy Prep Time: Five Minutes Total Time: 30 Minutes or Less

1/2 cup demerara sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup fancy molasses
1/4 cup water
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tsp powdered ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg

Cream together butter and sugar. Blend in molasses and water. In another bowl, sift together remaining ingredients. Blend dry and wet ingredients together until a dough forms. Chill 1 to 2 hours. Roll out dough to a thickness of about 1/4" and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet spaced 1" apart. Bake at 350F for 12-15 minutes. Cool completely on a cooling rack and decorate cookies using royal icing to attach candy, raisins, nuts - whatever you like. Allow decorated cookies to dry uncovered for several hours or overnight for the royal icing to harden. Yield: 2-3 dozen. (Find Royal Icing recipe at EverydayRecipes.ca.)