Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter
  
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
•  ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoon molasses
• 1 & ⅔ cup all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Cream cheese frosting:

• 4 oz cream cheese
• 2 tablespoon Gourmet Inspirations Gingerbread Cookie Syrup - could also use Salted Caramel or Mexican Vanilla
• 3 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar

Make the cookie dough:

- Preheat the oven to 350F then line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

- Cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until light and creamy. Add in the egg, vanilla extract, and molasses, and mix until smooth.

- Gently mix in the flour, corn starch, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt.

- Scoop out equally sized cookie dough balls, place them on the baking sheet and flatten it to about 1 inch in thickness.

- Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 20 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool fully.

Make the cream cheese frosting:

- In a stand mixer whip the softened cream cheese and butter together until smooth.

- Add in the powdered sugar and the syrup and mix on high speed again until light and fluffy. This should take 2-3 minutes.

Frost each cookie and enjoy! ✨