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Gingerbread People Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Paulasue1 / All my dishes 11 months, 1 week ago This Betty Crocker recipe is an old holiday favorite, and kids love to help make them as much as they like to eat them. Prep:150m Cook:1012m Servings:30	Paulasue1
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Ingredients

GINGERBREAD PEOPLE

1/1/2 cups dark molasses

1 cup packed brown sugar

2/3 cup cold water

1/3 cup shortening

7 cups all-purpose flour*

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. ground allspice

2 tsp. ground ginger

1 tsp. ground cloves

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Decorator’s frosting

*If using self- rising flour, omit baking soda and salt.

Directions

Mix molasses, brown sugar, water and shortening.

Mix in remaining ingredients except frosting.

Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350.

Roll dough ¼ inch thick on floured board.

Cut with floured gingerbread cutter or other favorite shaped cutter.

Place about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet sprayed with Pam or greased.

Bake until no indentation remains when touched, about 10 to 12 minutes; cool.

Decorate with decorator’s frosting. Makes about 2 ½ dozen, 2 ½ inch cookies.

DECORATOR’S FROSTING

2 cups powered sugar

2 to 3 TBS. water (Go slow on adding water)

Food coloring of your choice

Use just enough water to make a very stiff frosting that can be piped through a decorator’s tube, a cone made from waxed paper, or a zip lock baggy with just the very tip cut off. After combining your sugar and water, separate frosting into small bowls and add different food coloring as desired. I RECOMMEND buying decorator’s frosting already prepared with tips of different shapes that twist onto the tubes of frosting. Most stores carry this in the cake mix isle.

PLEASE NOTE

This frosting sets like cement so that gingerbread people can be stacked once frosting dries. IT IS NOT the kind of frosting to ice a cake with. It has NO butter, vanilla, or salt.

GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Decrease flour to 6 cups. Roll dough ½ inch thick and cut with floured 2 ½ inch round cutter. Place about 1 ½ inch apart on lighted greased cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes.

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Comments

luisascatering 11 months, 1 week ago said:
How cute... and how politically correct! ha ha

juels 11 months, 1 week ago said:
Love those classic recipes! My kids enjoy gingerbread; the pic is very cute!

jett2whit 11 months, 1 week ago said:
I love gingerbread. I have to make these soon. Thanks for posting!

momo_55grandma 11 months, 1 week ago said:
Grandsons making these at other grandmas tonite awsome recipe thanks

minitindel 11 months, 1 week ago said:
Omg !!!!!!!! how cute they are i love the picture and the recipe too .how fun to make these
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