Name: Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 1 h 27 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup melted butter; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 3/4 cup molasses; 1 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter); 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground all-spice; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 3 3/4 cup all purpose flour

Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies — If you’re looking for a fun and festive cookie to make this holiday season, these Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies are a perfect choice!

Want to add a little holiday cheer to your kitchen this Christmas? The air fryer is the perfect tool for cooking up some gingerbread man cookies! It’s easy, too. Check out this recipe and see how it’s done!

With a few ingredients and a lot of spices, you will soon be having a traditional cookie baked right in the Air Fryer!

And they are so good! So the next time you want to grab a plate of homemade cookies, look no further than your Air Fryer!

So good!

If you are looking for even more Air Fryer Cookie Recipes for your holiday season, some of my favorite recipes are AIR FRYER BLUEBERRY COOKIES, AIR FRYER PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, AIR FRYER HOMEMADE KOURABIEDES (GREEK SUGAR COOKIES), and AIR FRYER COPYCAT MRS. FIELDS WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES.

What Are Gingerbread Cookies?

What are Gingerbread Cookies? In the Northeastern United States, people have been baking gingerbread cookies for centuries. They’re usually made with molasses and spices like cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.

Ginger is a key ingredient in these cookies, but it’s not the only one that gives them their distinctive flavor. Molasses makes them dark brown and spicy, while ground ginger provides heat to balance out the sweetness of sugar. Traditional recipes call for corn syrup or honey and eggs to bind everything together, so they don’t crumble on your hands when you eat them! The dough can be rolled into balls or flattened into shapes before baking until golden brown on top. Once cooled off completely, most cookie lovers decorate theirs!

Ingredients Needed For Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies

Butter
Brown Sugar
Molasses
Salt
Ground Cinnamon
Ground Ginger
Allspice, Ground
Egg
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
All-Purpose Flour

How To Make Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies

In a large mixing bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, molasses, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground allspice, egg, baking powder, baking soda, and flour mix well.

Place the dough in the refrigerator for about an hour until it’s cold. Then on a large counter or cutting board, add some flour, roll out the dough until it’s about 1/4 inch thick. Use flour on the rolling rin as well, since it will stick if you don’t. Then use your gingerbread cookies cutters to cut out the shapes.

As you make them place them into a greased air fryer basket or use parchment paper. (Or if you have an oven, place them on a greased air fryer tray) Set the temperature to 320 degrees F for 5 to 7 minutes.

Pro Tips:

This recipe will work in any Air Fryer Basket or Oven Model, including the Ninja Foodi, Instant Pot Vortex, Instant Pot Crisp Lid, Mealthy Lid, and other specialty models. The cooking time may vary.
Since every air fryer cooks slightly differently, it’s important to watch the cookies as they bake up. Remove them, went eh edges start to brown.
Let the cookies cool, before removing them from the air fryer basket or oven.
If you want a spicer cookie, add more ginger, to the recipe, about 1/2 teaspoon.
For this recipe, it’s best if you start with the chilled dough, so keep the dough in the refrigerator, in between the batch cooking.

HOW FAR IN ADVANCE CAN YOU MAKE THE DOUGH?

This is a great way to get a jump on your holiday baking since you can make and freeze the dough. For best results, wrap the dough in saran wrap a few times, and then wrap in foil. Place the dough into a freezer bag.

For best results, thaw the dough in the refrigerator overnight.

HOW CAN YOU MAKE THEM PUFF UP LESS?

This recipe will give you traditional Gingerbread Cookies with a slight puff, and if you want a crispier cookie, you can add about 1/4 a cup of cornstarch and reduce the baking powder and baking soda.

HOW SHOULD YOU STORE THESE?

Let the cookies cool to room temperature, and then place them into an airtight container for best results. They will last at room temperature for about 3 to 4 days.

CAN YOU FREEZE GINGERBREAD COOKIES?

Yes, I always make the dough and then freeze, until the kids and I are ready for some holiday baking. The dough will last for about three months.

You can also make and freeze the cooked (air-fried) Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies. Let them cool to room temperature, and then place them on a greased baking sheet and pop into the freezer for best results. When the cookies are frozen solid, remove and put them into a freezer container.

Then when you are ready to decorate them, remove them and place them into the refrigerator until thawed.

MORE AIR FRYER COOKIE RECIPES:

Yield: 24 Servings

Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies

Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies -- If you're looking for a fun and festive cookie to make this holiday season, these Air Fryer Gingerbread Cookies are a perfect choice!

This is the recipe we have been using for years, in our oven, from King Arthur's Bakery, recipe here: I adapted it for the air fryer: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gingerbread-cookies-recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 7 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 27 minutes

Ingredients

3/4 cup melted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup molasses
1 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground all-spice
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 3/4 cup all purpose flour

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, molasses, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground all-spice, egg, baking powder, baking soda, and flour mix well.
Place the dough in the refrigerator for about an hour until it's cold.
Then on a large counter or cutting board, add some flour, roll out the dough until it's about 1/4 inch thick. Use flour on the rolling rin as well, since it will stick if you don't.
Then use your gingerbread cookies cutters to cut out the shapes.
As you make them place them into a greased air fryer basket or use parchment paper. (Or if you have an oven, place them on a greased air fryer tray) Set the temperature to 320 degrees F, air fryer setting, for 5 to 7 minutes.
Let cool before decorating.
Plate, serve, and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 178Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 189mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 1gSugar: 13gProtein: 2g

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