Homemade Giant Gingerbread Man Cookie

Gingerbread Man cookies are my favorite Christmas cookie! I decided to make a GIANT version of this Christmas cookie classic. 

This recipe yields about 3 Giant Gingerbread Man cookies. You can double the recipe to make more. 

Ingredients: 
-3 1/2 cups of flour
-2 tsp of Gingerbread spice
-1/2 tsp of ground cloves
-1/2 tsp of baking soda 
-Pinch of salt
-3/4 cup of molasses
-1 tsp of vanilla
-1 egg
-1 stick of softened butter
-1/4 cup of sugar
-1/2 cup of brown sugar


Royal Icing
- 2 cups of confectioner's sugar
-1 egg white
-1/2 tsp of water

Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutout Template

Directions:
-First mix your dry ingredients in a bowl. The flour, spices, baking soda, and salt. 
-In another bowl beat your butter, sugar, molasses, egg and vanilla. Once mixed well slowly add in your flour mixture. Mix well until combined. 
-Then take your dough and separate into two balls and wrap with plastic wrap.Set aside in the fridge to chill for 2 hours. 
-Remove the dough from the fridge and roll between two pieces of parchment paper. Once the dough is flat place in the freezer for about 15 minutes, 
-Then take the dough out of the freezer and cut out into Giant Gingerbread Man cookie shape. Then once it is cut out place on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer for 10 minutes. 
-Remove from freezer and bake the cookie at 350 degrees for 7 minutes. Then remove from the oven and rotate and bake again  for about 6 minutes. Set aside to cool for at least 20 minutes before decorating. 
-Decorate with royal icing and candy!
Enjoy!