Gingerbread Men Recipe

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No holiday cookie platter would be complete without gingerbread men! This is a tried-and-true recipe I'm happy to share with you.

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Gingerbread Men Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 26 Servings
30 10 40

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the molasses, egg and water. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough in half. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 4-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Reroll scraps.
  • Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Decorate as desired. Yield: about 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 116 calories, 4 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 18 mg cholesterol, 136 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Gingerbread Men in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2007, p87

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Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2012 by marrisa_s

These were great!! The perfect chewy gingerbread cookie! Will definitely be making these again


Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2011 by cmdumee

Made these today and they will now be my go-to gingerbread recipe. I liked how this recipe is a bit lighter than other gingerbread recipes. Not quite so heavy on the molasses. Great texture and flavor!


Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2010 by sandielynn6

This were so good! They will be on my list for Christmas for sure this year. The only thing I did different was I substituted real maple syrup for the molasses only because I did not have any on hand and they turned out delicious.


Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2009 by kerryopp

Love this recipe. This is our second year making these and they are delicious. Super easy and nice and soft. The kids have a blast decorating them.


Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2009 by mistaya

Not only did these turn out great, they taste great and were so much fun getting my grandson and daughter to help decorate.


Reviewed on Dec. 04, 2009 by connierecipes

I lost my old gingerbread recipe that we loved made for more than 40 years. I found this one and tried it, not expecting it to be as good. It's BETTER! The dough is much easier to work with than my old recipe, and the cookies are delicious. I made a double batch, with more than 70 cookies that are bigger than 4". I hope to make these for the next 40 years!

 
 
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