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Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mountainmama / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago A great Gingerbread Man Cookie Recipes for those that just got to have one of these little guys. Make some for the holidays. Prep:15m Cook:10m Servings:40	Mountainmam
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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

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.

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.

Bake 6-10 minutes for small to medium size cookies and 10-15 minutes for large cookies.

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.

*Substitute 1 1/4 cups light corn syrup for molasses to make Blonde Gingerbread.

Recipe may be doubled.

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