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Cream Cheese Frosted Gingerbread Men

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling YIELD: about 3 dozen
Every Christmas, my family would visit a display of the most amazing gingerbread houses. Of course, we’d get to munch on gingerbread cookies along the way! I created my recipe with fresh grated ginger and cream cheese icing—it's the perfect mix of sweet and spicy. —Rebekah Jackson, San Jose, California

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup molasses
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 teaspoons minced fresh gingerroot
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • Confectioners' sugar
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

  • 1. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses, egg and ginger. In another bowl, whisk next six ingredients; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate until firm enough to roll, about 1 hour.
  • 2. Preheat oven to 350°. On a surface dusted with confectioners' sugar, roll each portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-1/2-in. gingerbread man cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges are firm, 15-18 minutes. Cool completely on pans on wire racks.
  • 3. For frosting, beat butter, cream cheese and vanilla. Beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread or pipe frosting over cookies.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 127 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 22mg cholesterol, 80mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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