Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, traditional gingerbread men cookies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook traditional gingerbread men cookies using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies:
- Prepare 3 cups flour
- Prepare 2 tsp ground ginger
- Prepare 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Make ready 1 \4 tsp ground nutmeg
- Prepare 1 \4 tsp salt
- Get 3 \4 cup melted unsalted butter
- Get 3 \4 cup brown sugar
- Prepare 1 \2 cup molasses
- Prepare 1 egg
Instructions to make Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies:
- Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl.
- Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl. I find an electric mixer makes this part easier. Mix until it is light and fluffy.
- Add molasses and egg. Beat well.
- Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed (electric mixer) until well mixed.
- Press dough into a thick, flat disc. Wrap in wax paper. Place in refrigerator overnight. I find rolling out the dough before chilling makes it easier on you the next day.
- Next day: Preheat oven to 350.
- Roll dough into 1/4 inch thick on floured wax paper. Cut out gingerbread men with a cookie cutter.
- Place gingerbread men on greased cookie sheet and bake in oven for 8-10minutes. Look for the edges of the cookies to just start to turn brown. Then, you know they are done.
- Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes. Then, decorate as desired with icing, gumdrops, candy, etc.
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