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Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe


Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe
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A great Gingerbread Man Cookie Recipes for those that just got to have one of these little guys. Make some for the holidays.

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Ingredients
  • 5 to 5 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons powdered ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 cup solid vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups unsulphured molasses*
  • 2 eggs, beaten

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Thoroughly mix flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Melt shortening in large saucepan. Cool slightly. Add sugar, molasses and eggs; mix well. Add four cups of the dry ingredients and mix again.
  2. Turn mixture onto lightly floured surface. Knead in remaining dry ingredients by hand. Add a little more flour, if necessary, to make the dough firm. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to a 1/4 inch thickness and cut out cookies.
  3. Bake 6-10 minutes for small to medium size cookies and 10-15 minutes for large cookies.
  4. If you´re not going to use your gingerbread right away, wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate. Refrigerated dough will keep for a week, but be sure to remove it 3 hours prior to rolling so it softens and is workable.
  5. *Substitute 1 1/4 cups light corn syrup for molasses to make Blonde Gingerbread.
  6. Recipe may be doubled.

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