Cream
butter and sugar in a large bowl with electric mixer until
creamy and smooth. Beat in ginger, cinnamon, baking powder,
allspice and baking soda until blended. Beat in molasses
and yolk.
On low speed, beat in flour. Divide dough in half,
wrap and chill until firm.
Heat
oven to 350F.
Roll half the dough at a time on a well floured
surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with floured cookie
cutters.
Transfer with spatula to ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8-10 minutes until lightly browned. Let cookies
cool
on cookie sheets aprox 1 minute than transfer to racks.
Decorate as desired and enjoy!
Submitted by Karen Talley
A Christmas classic
Ingredients