Easy Gingerbread Bars🎄Lemon-Frosted & Sugar Sprinkled!

Easy Gingerbread Bars Recipe makes up to 48 bars and you can also use cookie cutters to make various shapes. Leave them plain, sprinkle with decorator sugars or golden sugars, or Frost them with spiced Cream Cheese or my Lemon Frosting recipe below.
3 Cups, 360 grams, AP Flour
1 Tsp Baking Soda
2 Tsp Ground Ginger
2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/4-1/2 Tsp Ground Cloves, or ¼ Tsp each of Allspice & Cloves*
Dash of Black Pepper
1 Cup Granulated Sugar**
¼ Cup Dark Brown Sugar**
1 Cup Butter, softened
1/3 Cup Molasses
1 Large Egg
2-4 TBSP Coarsely Chopped Crystallized Ginger
*increase Allspice or Cloves up to 1/2 teaspoon each for a stronger flavor
**can use all granulated sugar, but Dark Brown Sugar enhances the Molasses Flavor
Decorator sugar or plain sugar, optional

Lemon Frosting Recipe for 48 bars:
4C Powdered Sugar
8 TBSP softened Butter
4-5 TBSP Cream
2 tsp Lemon Extract
1 Tsp grated Lemon Peel

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