Gingerbread Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

These bars are a nice meet in the middle kind of gingerbread. They aren’t overly spiced, more of a mellow yet still deliciously gingery bar. So kids and adults alike will love them.

Sometimes when I make gingerbread with a lot of ginger or molasses it can be a little too strong for my kids but these are perfect.

It still had enough ginger and molasses in them that I loved them and it wasn’t too much for my kids because they loved them just as much.

Another great thing about these is that they are so easy to make. I like bars because you don’t have to bake up individual portions like cookies, instead you just spread it all into one pan.

Feel free to add as many festive Christmas sprinkles as you’d like. I couldn’t resist adding some itty bitty little gingerbread men to mine as well.

Ingredients

• 2 cups + 2 Tbsp (300g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
• 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, diced into 1 Tbsp pieces, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 cup (220g) packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (60ml) unsulphured molasses
• 1 large egg
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Frosting
• 1/2 cup butter, nearly at room temperature (I like to use 1/4 c salted butter 1/4 c unsalted)
• 1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, nearly at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups (325g) powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13 by 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray, set aside.
2. In a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda and salt for 20 seconds, set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, blend together butter, brown sugar and molasses until combined.
4. .................................

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