Gingerbread People.
You can cook Gingerbread People using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Gingerbread People
- Prepare 2 1/4 cup of All purpose flour.
- You need 2 tsp of Ground cinnamon.
- It’s 2 tsp of Ground ginger.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Baking powder.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- It’s 1/4 tbsp of Ground cloves.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of Ground nutmeg.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of (1 1/2 sticks) butter softened.
- It’s 1/2 cup of Packed light brown sugar.
- It’s 1/2 cup of Dark molasses.
- You need 1 each of Egg.
- You need 1 of as needed Decorations.
Gingerbread People instructions
Combine flour cinnamon ginger baking powder salt cloves and nutmeg. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. gradually add flour mixture. Beat until well blended. Shape dough into 3 discs wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hr or until firm..
Preheat oven to 350°F working with one disc at a time place on lightly floured surface. Roll out dough with lightly floured rolling pin to 3/16 in thickness. Cut dough into gingerbread people with floured 5 in cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Press dough trimmings together gently. Reroll and cut out more cookies..
Bake about 12 min or until edges are golden brown. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 min. Remove to wire racks to cool completely..
Decorate if you please.
