Gingerbread Man Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
½ cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons warm water
¼ cup raisins for decorating

Nutrition Info

84.1 calories
carbohydrate: 14.8 g
cholesterol: 3.9 mg
fat: 2.3 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 1.1 g
saturatedFat: 0.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 42.6 mg
sugar: 6.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl and set aside.

  2. In large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until smooth. Mix in egg and molasses. Dissolve baking soda in 1 1/2 teaspoons warm water and add to egg mixture, stir until combined.

  3. Mix in dry ingredients well blended. Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic, and refrigerate overnight.

  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets or line them with parchment paper.

  5. Lightly flour a work surface. Roll out dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Cut out gingerbread men using cookie cutters and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Use raisins to make eyes, noses and buttons.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven, or until firm, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on wire racks.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

Hansel and Gretel would have loved them....

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