OIT Cookbook Recipe: Blackstrap Gingerbread

In anticipation of the forthcoming OIT Cookbook, we’re featuring select recipes on PlanetOIT. 

This culinary celebration of culture is a co-production of the OIT DEI Coalition and the OIT Health and Wellness Lounge. Keep reading to see what your colleagues are cooking!

Blackstrap Gingerbread 

Dessert/German 

Submitted by: Bri Cloutier, OIT Communications Team

What significance does this recipe have for you? Typically a sweet German treat, the use of blackstrap molasses, black peppercorn, and generous helping of ginger give this cookie recipe a bolder, spicier bite than is normally expected. My family tradition is to make a gingerbread house during the winter holiday months, and many cookies as well! After the holidays have passed, we put the house outside for critters to enjoy.

Cook time: 14 minutes

Prep time: 1 hour

Servings: About 30 cookies

Ingredients:

• 245 g blackstrap molasses
• 3/4 lb soft unsalted butter
• 225 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1015 g bread flour
• 65 g fall spices (25 g cinnamon, 8 g each of allspice, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom)
• 8 g salt
• 8 g black pepper
• 2/3 cup milk  

Directions

1. Cream molasses, butter, and sugar. 
2. Add eggs and mix thoroughly. 
3. Add all dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. 
4. Add milk and mix thoroughly. 
5. Pour onto floured surface and roll to 1/4" thick. 
6. Cut shapes and place on a sheet pan with parchment paper. Leave some room for minor spread. 
7. Bake at 350°F for 10-14 min or until done, timing will vary based on cookie sizes.
8. Finish with vanilla flat icing (powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract).