Gingerbread Men
This is the perfect dough for making Gingerbread men to fill your Christmas cookie jar!Plan Ahead Note: the dough needs to chill for one hour before rolling out.
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in an electric mixer until soft dough forms.
- Roll onto plastic wrap, cover and refrigerate for 1 hours.
- Preheat oven 350°.
- On a floured board, roll out the dough and cut into gingerbread men.
- Place on a cookie sheet covered with a silicone mat or parchment paper and decorate as desired.
- Bake at 350° for 8 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and let cool on a wire rack.