The Best Gingerbread Cookie Mix for Holiday Baking

The holiday season is the perfect time for baking, and nothing brings warmth and nostalgia to your kitchen like the rich aroma of gingerbread cookies. Whether you’re making festive treats for your family or crafting a stunning gingerbread house, we think Ginger's Breadboys Gingerbread Cookie Mix is the ideal choice for delicious, homemade cookies with ease.

Why Choose Our Gingerbread Cookie Mix?

Our gingerbread cookie mix is crafted with a perfect blend of spices, including cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, to deliver that classic holiday flavor. We’ve taken the guesswork out of baking with a pre-measured mix and recipe that makes a perfect dough and ensures the right balance of sweetness and spice so you get perfect cookies every time. Simply add 5 pantry staples: butter or shortening, an egg, sugar, molasses, and vinegar. Then mix, roll, and bake—no complicated steps, just pure holiday joy!

What Sets Our Gingerbread Cookie Mix Apart?

• Authentic Flavor – We use premium ingredients to achieve a traditional gingerbread taste that’s both rich and perfectly spiced. Our mix is made with Sir Galahad Artisan Flour from the King Arthur Baking Company - never bleached and never bromated and no preservatives.
• Easy to Use – Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned baker, our mix guarantees perfect taste results without the hassle of measuring and mixing.
• Versatile for Baking – Use our gingerbread cookie mix to make classic cutout cookies, soft gingerbread man cookies, or even as a base for other holiday desserts like gingerbread crinkle cookies or sandwich cookies. 
• Great Value – our 25 oz. stand up pouch makes about 3 dozen large (5-inch) gingerbread cookies. It is even enough to make panels for two large gingerbread houses.
• Perfect for Decorating – Our cookies hold their shape beautifully, making them ideal for decorating with icing, sprinkles, or even edible gold dust.
• Make with Butter or Shortening – We test baked a batch of gingerbread cookies with butter and they turned out awesome. You will need to adjust the liquid in the recipe when using butter as butter is 20% liquid. Use two sticks of salted butter (1 cup) and only 3/4 cup of unsulphured molasses instead of a cup. Adjust the vinegar to 5 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar instead of 2 tablespoons. That should do it! Enjoy!

How to Make the Perfect Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread recipe for Classic Gingerbread Cookies:

Have all ingredients at room temperature. Cream 1 cup shortening and 1 cup granulated sugar. Add 1 large egg. Blend in 1 cup unsulphured molasses. Add 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar. Slowly add Ginger's Breadboys gingerbread cookie mix. Switch to mixer’s dough hook if you have one (optional). Blend only until flour mixture is incorporated.

Empty dough onto wax paper sheet and knead lightly to form a block. Wrap in wax paper and place in gallon-size plastic food storage bag. Chill for 3 hours—or overnight—in refrigerator.

Preheat oven to 375°. Line baking pan with parchment paper. Flour a cool surface—not wood—and rolling pin. Countertops or marble pastry board works well. Roll baseball-size amount of dough to ⅛ inch thick. (If dough sticks to rolling pin, lightly flour and place wax paper over dough to roll out.) Cut with 5‑inch Cut with 5‑inch gingerbread man cookie cutter. Remove excess dough from around cutouts. Move cookies to pan on floured spatula. Leave at least ½ inch between cookies. For eyes, nose, and 3 buttons, press cinnamon imperials into cookies before baking (optional).

Bake 8–9 minutes until cookies are light brown and pillowy. (Bake time estimate is for large 5-inch cookie. Bake less if using smaller cookie cutter.) Ovens vary—if cinnamon imperials burst when baking, oven is too hot, or bake time is too long. Remove from oven and allow to cool on pan ~10 minutes. Refrigerate or store in cool area until ready to decorate. Decorate when completely cool with royal icing. Makes about 3 dozen large (5‑inch) gingerbread cookies.

Bring Home the Magic of Gingerbread

Whether you’re baking for a holiday party, creating edible gifts, or starting a new family tradition, our gingerbread cookie mix makes it easy to create bakery-quality treats at home. Be ready to fill your home with the delightful scent and taste of homemade gingerbread cookies for the holidays! Order your gingerbread cookie mix here and make this holiday season the sweetest one yet!