How to Make Gingerbread Men Cookies
Mix the dry ingredients., Mix the wet ingredients., Mix the dry with the wet., Prepare the dough., Preheat the oven., Create the men., Bake your cookies for 9 to 12 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned., Decorate.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients.
In a medium sized bowl, mix the salt, baking soda, flour, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon together. -
Step 2: Mix the wet ingredients.
Get a large bowl and mix the butter, sugar, water, molasses, and vanilla together.
You can use an electric whisk or mixer in case the butter is not be soft enough to mix by hand. , Add small amounts of the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix slowly with a wooden spoon until the whole mixture becomes a soft dough.
Be careful using electric equipment for this may splatter flour out of the bowl while mixing. , Divide the dough in half and use plastic wrap to cover each half.
Place both pieces in the refrigerator for two hours or until it gets firm and hard. , Set to 375° F (190° C), or on the gas mark
5. , Lightly flour your surface, either a counter top or a cutting board.
Use a floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to either 1/8- or 1/4-inch thick.
Use your cookie cutters on the dough, cut out the men shapes, and place them on your baking sheet.
Recycle the dough by rolling the leftovers and cutting out more men. , Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
If you remove them from the sheet immediately, some body parts may fall off in the process.
If they do, eat them. , This is always the fun part of making cookies (besides eating them, of course!) Use different colors of icing, frosting, and sprinkles to create facial and other features.
You can also "glue" other candies such as gumdrops with a dab of frosting on the bottom. -
Step 3: Mix the dry with the wet.
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Step 4: Prepare the dough.
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Step 5: Preheat the oven.
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Step 6: Create the men.
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Step 7: Bake your cookies for 9 to 12 minutes
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Step 8: or until the cookies are lightly browned.
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Step 9: Decorate.
Detailed Guide
In a medium sized bowl, mix the salt, baking soda, flour, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon together.
Get a large bowl and mix the butter, sugar, water, molasses, and vanilla together.
You can use an electric whisk or mixer in case the butter is not be soft enough to mix by hand. , Add small amounts of the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix slowly with a wooden spoon until the whole mixture becomes a soft dough.
Be careful using electric equipment for this may splatter flour out of the bowl while mixing. , Divide the dough in half and use plastic wrap to cover each half.
Place both pieces in the refrigerator for two hours or until it gets firm and hard. , Set to 375° F (190° C), or on the gas mark
5. , Lightly flour your surface, either a counter top or a cutting board.
Use a floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to either 1/8- or 1/4-inch thick.
Use your cookie cutters on the dough, cut out the men shapes, and place them on your baking sheet.
Recycle the dough by rolling the leftovers and cutting out more men. , Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
If you remove them from the sheet immediately, some body parts may fall off in the process.
If they do, eat them. , This is always the fun part of making cookies (besides eating them, of course!) Use different colors of icing, frosting, and sprinkles to create facial and other features.
You can also "glue" other candies such as gumdrops with a dab of frosting on the bottom.
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