Gingerbread Men Cookies Recipe
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Gingerbread Men Cookies Recipe
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Bake your own old fashioned gingerbread men cookies at home from scratch. Every bite comes from the heart!
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Ingredients
For the dough
- 14.8 ounces all-purpose flour + extra to dust
- 2.8 ounces brown sugar or normal sugar
- 1½ Teaspoon baking powder
- ½ stick butter ~4 Tbsp
- 5.3 ounces molasses dark
- 1 Tablespoon Ginger Ground or freshly grated
- ¼ Teaspoon Clove Ground
- 2 Teaspoon cinnamon ground
- pinch lemon peel dry or freshly grated
- 1 egg yolk
- ¼ to ⅓ cup water
For the icing sugar
- 12 Tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1½-2 Tablespoon lemon juice
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Instructions
For the dough
- If you use whole spices, grind them with the help of a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder. Prep and keep together with your spices.
- In a mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients for the dough, the all purpose flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and spices (ginger, clove, cinnamon, lemon zest).
- Make a well and add the wet ingredients, the yolk, butter and molasses. Crumble the ingredients in.
- Pour in some water, not everything, and combine and form your dough. Add more water step by step until you have created a smooth dough. The dough should not be sticky nor should it be too dry.
- Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and cool for at least 30 mins so that it gets at least hard. That way it will be easier to roll it out.
- Dust the working surface with flour. Cut the dough in two and dust as well.
- Roll out dough to a ⅛ - almost ¼ inch or 3 - 5 mm thickness.
- Preheat oven to 320° Fahrenheit/ 160° Celsius for about 9-11 mins.
- Cut out cookies with a cookie cutter of your choice.
- Place cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Keep some distance between the cookies.
- Bake at 320° Fahrenheit/ 160° Celsius for about 9-11 mins.
- Allow the cookies to cool.
For the icing sugar deco
- Combine powdered sugar with lemon juice to a smooth icing sugar.
- Pour icing sugar into piping bag with a small nozzle.
- Decorate cookies with the piping bag to your liking.
- Allow the cookies with the icing sugar to dry.
- Place cookies into a tin box lined with parchment paper to store.
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Notes
- Please weigh your ingredients to get the ratio right. I don't recommend using cup measurements for solid ingredients when baking. Baking is an exact science.
- Choose a cookie cutter.
- Decorate cookies to your liking.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
55kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
6mg
(2%)
Sodium
10mg
(0%)
Potassium
69mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
33IU
(1%)
Calcium
15mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 50cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 55 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 55kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 6mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 10mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 69mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 33IU | 1% |
| Calcium | 15mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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