Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 5¼ cups (656 g; or more) all-purpose flour, plus more
• 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1½ tsp. ground cloves
• ¾ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt
• 11 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
• ⅔ cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
• 1 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
• 1½ tsp. finely grated lemon zest
• 1 large egg
• ¼ cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1–2 batches Easy Sugar Cookie Icing (depending on how icing-happy you are)
• Food coloring, sprinkles, and sanding sugar (optional)
• Special equipment: 4"–5" cookie cutters, including gingerbread men, gingerbread women, stars, snowflakes, woodland animals, and more shapes as desired; a 1⁄16"–⅛" plain tip

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