Recipe: Traditional Gingerbread Man Cookies

[Guest guest]

Good Morning!

 

Recipe: Traditional Gingerbread Man Cookies

 

Ingredients

3 cups flour 2 teaspoons Ginger, Ground 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, Ground 1 teaspoon

baking soda 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, Ground 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup butter,

softened 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup molasses 1 egg

 

Directions

 

Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in large bowl. Beat

butter and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until

light and fluffy. Add molasses and egg; beat well. Gradually beat in flour

mixture on low speed until well mixed. Press dough into a thick flat disk. Wrap

in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly

floured work surface. Cut into gingerbread men shapes with 5-inch cookie cutter.

Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are set and just begin to brown.

Cool on baking sheets 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Decorate cooled cookies as desired. Store cookies in airtight container up to 5

days.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

http://www.peacefulmind.com

Therapies for healing

mind, body, spirit

[Guest guest]

Excellent! Thank you!

I wonder if I could substitute the brown sugar with Sucanat?

 

, " yogiguruji " <yogiguruji wrote:

>

> Good Morning!

>

> Recipe: Traditional Gingerbread Man Cookies

>

> Ingredients

> 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons Ginger, Ground 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, Ground 1 teaspoon

baking soda 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, Ground 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup butter,

softened 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup molasses 1 egg

>

> Directions

>

> Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in large bowl. Beat

butter and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until

light and fluffy. Add molasses and egg; beat well. Gradually beat in flour

mixture on low speed until well mixed. Press dough into a thick flat disk. Wrap

in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.

>

> Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly

floured work surface. Cut into gingerbread men shapes with 5-inch cookie cutter.

Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.

> Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are set and just begin to

brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool

completely. Decorate cooled cookies as desired. Store cookies in airtight

container up to 5 days.

>

>

> Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

> http://www.peacefulmind.com

> Therapies for healing

> mind, body, spirit

>