Have you picked up a slice of the Starbucks Gingerbread Loaf? It’s delicious and usually sold out at our Starbucks, which is surprising given how expensive it is! Here’s an EASY + AFFORDABLE DUPE, frosting and all! 

?❤️ STARBUCKS COPYCAT GINGERBREAD LOAF RECIPE ⭐️?‍♀️

Ingredients

Bowl 1:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground mustard

Bowl 2:
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup apple butter (sub applesauce in a pinch) 
1 tsp orange zest
1/2 tsp orange extract OR a squeeze of orange

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F 
First, mix all of the bowl 1 ingredients together and set aside.

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Love gingerbread but don’t have the time or energy to whip it up? Well, my half-homemade gingerbread cupcakes are seriously the easiest gingerbread cupcakes EVER!

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This is seriously the easiest gingerbread cookie hack ever! All you need is 3 ingredients and some spices! Since Pillsbury has stopped making their refrigerated gingerbread dough that saved a lot of us serious life minutes, this is the next best thing ??

INGREDIENTS:

1 pkg refrigerated sugar cookie dough

2 tablespoons molasses

 1/3 cup flour

3/4 tsp ground cinnamon 


3/4 tsp ground ginger 


1/4 tsp ground allspice 


1/4 tsp ground cloves

In large bowl, add your room temperature cookie dough and molasses.

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Happy Holidays! This is my go-to holiday decorating hack to make these easy and cheap gingerbread houses look expensive. All you need is some leftover Halloween candy, spray paint, and some glitter to top!

First, run and grab your old Halloween candy. The colors do not matter for this hack. Skip the royal icing and grab your hot glue gun to place the candy on the gingerbread house. It holds a lot better and dries much faster.

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This recipe is so good it’s hard to describe! It’s like the gingerbread cheesecake had a baby with a cinnamon roll. It even has a cinnamon roll crust! It may sound fancy, but this gingerbread cinnamon roll cheesecake is super easy and delicious.

LORAfied Gingerbread Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake
INGREDIENTS:
2 cans of cinnamon rolls (large, 5 count)
32 oz. cream cheese (4 packages at room temperature)
1 3/4 cups brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
6 eggs (room temperature)
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Caramel sauce drizzle, to taste

DIRECTIONS:
Begin by preheating your oven to 325F.

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