Gingerbread Men Recipe
Posted on December 15, 2007
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Makes 2 - 3 dozen (depending on the size of your cookie cutters)
3 ¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup butter, softened
¾ cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
½ cup molasses
Preheat oven to 325°.
Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves together.
With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl. Add egg and molasses and beat on medium until smooth. Add dry mixture and blend on low just until mixed.
Separate dough into two balls and flatten. Wrap each section tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate about one hour.
Roll out dough onto a floured surface with a floured rolling pin until it is ¼ inch thick. Use floured cookie cutters to cut out gingerbread men. Roll leftover scraps into a ball and roll again until no dough remains. Place on ungreased cookie sheet about ½ inch apart.
Bake 9 - 11 minutes. Move to cooling rack and let cool completely before decorating.
Icing
Decorate with icing made from 2/3 cup powdered sugar and 1 - 2 teaspoons of milk. Put it into a cake decorating bag and put a small round tip on the end.
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