Tasty's Gingerbread Wookie Cookies

I have "liked" a page on Facebook that is called "Tasty" and they post all kinds of fun videos about how to make yummy food. One post that caught my eye this Christmas was their Wookie Cookies (I wonder why?!!!) and so we gave it a try on Christmas Eve. I don't really like gingerbread, typically, because it can be hard, dry, and strong in flavor. So when we made these, I just expected something cute, but maybe gross, that we would throw away. Instead, they were soft and mild... and DELICIOUS! Unless I find something else that knocks my socks off, I think I have my new favorite gingerbread recipe!!! Now, it is soft, which I love, but that probably doesn't make for great gingerbread houses, just FYI.

Tasty's Gingerbread Wookie Cookies

3 cups flour
3/4 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup water
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 egg 

Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. Once dough begins to form a ball in the center, dust generously with flour. Separate into three sections to make rolling easier. Cover dough with plastic wrap or wax paper and chill for at least 4 hours, or overnight. 

Dust a smooth surface with flour, and roll out a section of the dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Use a gingerbread man cookie cutter, or a knife to slice out your Wookiees. 

Wookiees are tall, so you may want to stretch out the head and feet! Place on parchment paper on a baking sheet, and score the cookie’s surface to look like fur. 

Bake at 350˚F/180˚C for 10-12 min. Your Wookiees will puff up quickly! Next, with melted chocolate in a piping bag, add the bandolier, eyes and nose.

*Since it was winter in northern Utah, we just placed our dough out on the back porch and it chilled super fast. We didn't need to wait 4 hours or overnight to roll out our dough. But you really need to work with it while it's nice and cold or it can stick bad to your rolling pin and counter.We also didn't bother to divide it into three sections. I just ripped off handfuls to roll out. Also, you need to score you Wookies pretty deep or the marks disappear in the cooking process. I also don't have the piping skills to make eyes and nose, so I just put some chocolate in those places as "glue" and used two regular chocolate chips for eyes and one mini chip for a nose.

REMEMBER TO BOX UP YOUR COOKIES ON CHRISTMAS EVE BEFORE BED!!! (Just a friendly note for myself so they don't dry up over night because we put them in our garage and can easily forget about them.)

One jar of molasses makes about a double batch and then you don't have to worry about saving it and it goes bad.

Here are pictures of mine:

Notes from Christmas 2022- Sugar cookies were perfectly done (depending on thickness) at 350 with convection @ 7 minutes. Gingerbread cookies were done in 9 minutes at 350 with convection. To cut and bake one batch of sugar cookies AND one batch of gingerbread dough took us about 2 hours including cleanup and another 30 minutes to get the last couple trays cooked. (Not including time to make the dough because it has to chill so we made the dough the day before. Sugar cookie dough can be placed on plastic wrap, wrapped up and put in the fridge. Gingerbread dough is too runny for that, so just leave it in the mixing bowl, place plastic wrap directly touching the dough in the bowl and then another piece tightly secured over the bowl.