Pared-down Gingerbread Cookie Kit. Offered in either Regular or Gluten-Free gingerbread cookie mix. "Just the Basics" please!

The Best Holiday Baking Experience!

Sometimes you only need the basics. The "Just the Basics" Gingerbread Cookie Kit is the pared down version of the original-classic gingerbread cookie kit with full instructions to bake and decorate gingerbread cookies. Another great gingerbread baking kit from Ginger's Breadboys®! Choose Regular or Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookie Mix.

The "Just the Basics" Gingerbread Cookie Kit has been discontinued in 2024 as we now offer our delicious recipe gingerbread cookie mix and custom-made large gingerbread man cookie cutter as standalone products. Bundle and save when you buy both! Another option is our Small Tin Gingerbread Cookie Kit! Or check out our most popular gingerbread cookie kit.

How many cookies does this gingerbread cookie kit make?

Our gingerbread cookie kit is the best value - baking a big batch of holiday cookies for the whole family! All our gingerbread cookie kits and and our gingerbread cookie mix make about 3 dozen large (5-inch) cookies!

What's so special about our gingerbread cookie kits?

Our gingerbread cookie mix! Our mix makes a very forgiving dough using our tried-and-true gingerbread recipe. Our dough is easy to work with and bakes a delicious cookie every time. Made with Sir Galahad Artisan Flour from the King Arthur Baking Company - never bleached and never bromated and no preservatives. For non-bakers and bakers alike.

How do you make and decorate gingerbread man cookies?

Instructional Gingerbread Baking Slideshow Videos for How to Make Gingerbread Cookies are available online at our website or at the Ginger's Breadboys YouTube Channel if needed. See how to make, bake, and how to decorate gingerbread cookies with our gingerbread cookie decorating tutorials and step-by-step guides.

Not pre-baked, pre-made, or pre-assembled. Check out our most popular gingerbread cookie kit. View all gingerbread cookie kits.

What does the Just the Basics Gingerbread Cookie Kit include?

• gingerbread cookie mix (regular or gluten-free)
• tin-plated steel tin with lid made in the USA
• custom US made 5-inch gingerbread man cookie cutter
• Ferrara Candy Company cinnamon imperials (does not contain FD&C Red No. 3)
• recipe and instruction card
• 5 X 7-inch refrigerator magnet (so you won't forget us!)

Kit is sustainably packaged in a smaller tin than the original cookie kit measuring 6³⁄₁₆" x 8⅛" x 2¹⁵⁄₁₆" and weighs approximately 2.75 lbs.

Gingerbread Cookie Nutrition Information

Helpful Hint: When baking gluten-free, dust surfaces and spatula with powdered sugar to keep dough from sticking!

Ginger's Breadboys sells their gingerbread cookie decorating kits, bake-at-home gingerbread house kits, and gingerbread cookie mix online at their website (Shopify), on DC's Small Business Marketplace from the Small Business Development Center, on Walmart Marketplace, Etsy, eBay, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram, and in select retail stores.

If you'd like to be a retailer for Ginger's Breadboys and offer gingerbread products to your customers, please check out the Ginger's Breadboys Wholesale Collection to reserve products or to place your order for gingerbread kits, gingerbread cookie mix, and cookie cutters for Holiday Season 2026.

Contact Ginger's Breadboys with any questions you may have or to inquire about holiday fundraising, or corporate holiday gifts.

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For price comparison, the Basics Kit doesn't contain the following that are included in the Classic Gingerbread Cookie Kit which accounts for the $15 price difference:

• stamped cotton-blend cloth drawstring bag to hold decorating tools:
  • 2 12-inch plastic decorating bags*
  • 2 standard plastic couplers (base and ring)
  • 4 stainless steel decorating tubes:
    • #14 standard (smile, mittens and boots)
    • #42 double-line (suspenders)
    • #48 basket weave (belt)
    • #30 closed 8-pointed star (suspender buttons)
  • .70 oz  liquid green food coloring*
• "flour sweeper" pastry brush
• 4 sheets parchment paper*

How to Make Gingerbread Cookies from Ginger's Breadboys Gingerbread Cookie Kit

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 ¹/ inch thick. (If dough sticks to rolling pin, lightly flour and place wax paper over dough to roll out.) 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 ~39 large (5‑inch) gingerbread man cookies.