John introduces the gingerbread cookie recipe he's about to make.

• John Canell greets viewers and announces he's making gingerbread cookies on Preppy Kitchen.

The ingredients required for the gingerbread cookies are listed.

• Ingredients include brown sugar, butter, egg, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, vanilla, molasses, salt, baking soda, and flour.

Combining and sifting the dry ingredients for the cookies.

• Mix together flour, baking soda, spices, and salt, then sift and set aside.

Creaming the butter and sugars together.

• Cream room temperature butter, add brown sugar and molasses, then mix well.
• Introduce an egg and vanilla extract into the mixture.

Finalizing the cookie dough by combining wet and dry ingredients.

• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until almost combined.
• Finish mixing by hand, ensuring uniform dough.

Preparing the gingerbread cookie dough for chilling.

• Divide the dough into two parts, roll into discs, and chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours or overnight.

Rolling out and cutting the gingerbread cookie dough.

• Flour the surface and rolling pin, roll dough to a quarter inch thick, cut out shapes and place on baking sheet.

Baking the gingerbread cookies.

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake cookies for approximately 10 minutes.

John shares tips and techniques for decorating gingerbread cookies.

• Have fun, keep decorations simple, and use a small round piping tip with royal icing for outlines.
• Outline edges of cookies, add faces and buttons, and let icing trail for a clean line.

John provides final thoughts on making gingerbread cookies and tastes one.

• John encourages viewers to try the recipe and emphasizes the balance of spices in the finished cookies.