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Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3/4 c. butter, softened
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 Eggland's Best Egg
3/4 c. molasses
4 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. salt
Vanilla frosting of your choice
Red and green paste food coloring
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º
In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy
Beat in egg and molasses
Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well
Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours, overnight or until easy to handle
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness
Cut with a floured 3 1/2 inch gingerbread man cookie cutter
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets
Reroll scraps; cut out sixty 1 1/4 inch triangles
Place triangles on heads for hats
Using remaining scraps, roll sixty 1/4 inch balls; place on top of hats for pom-poms
Gently press to seal edges
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm
Remove to wire racks to cool
Tint some of the frosting red and some green
Use red and green frosting for hats and buttons
Cut a small hole in the corner of pastry bag or heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; insert #3 round pastry tip
Fill bag with white frosting
Pipe a band of icing on cuffs at hands and feet
Use #16 star pastry tip to pipe a band of frosting at edge of hat and on pom-pom
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Makes: 5 dozen

 

 

 

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