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!
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Teresa
12/20/2016 07:26:37 am
I made your gingerbread recipe and the dough is very dark. Yours appears to be light in color. I used dark molasses. Was that what I should have used? Also, by chance do you have a template for a giant gingerbread girl?
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Felicia
12/20/2016 08:48:34 am
Hi Teresa.
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