Molasses Gingerbread Men Recipe
Ingredients
| All purpose flour | 1 Cup (16 tbs), sifted | |
| 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin-pie spice | ||
| Baking soda | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1 Dash | |
| Butter/Margarine | 2 Tablespoon, softened | |
| Brown sugar | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Molasses | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Dried currants | ||
Directions
1. Sift the flour, pumpkin-pie spice, baking soda and salt onto waxed paper.
2. Cream butter or margarine with brown sugar until fluffy in a medium-size bowl; beat in molasses.
3. Add flour mixture, one-third at a time, blending well to make a stiff dough. Wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap; chill several hours, or until firm enough to roll. (Overnight is best.)
4. Roll out dough, one-quarter at a time, 1/8 inch thick, on a lightly floured pastry cloth or board. Cut out with a floured, 2-inch gingerbread-man cutter or cut around your own 2-inch cardboard pattern with a sharp knife; place, 1 inch apart, on greased cookie sheets. Reroll and cut out all trimmings. Decorate with cut-up currants for eyes, mouth and buttons.
5. Bake in moderate oven (350°) for 6 minutes, or till firm. Remove from the cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks. Store in a tightly covered container.
2. Cream butter or margarine with brown sugar until fluffy in a medium-size bowl; beat in molasses.
3. Add flour mixture, one-third at a time, blending well to make a stiff dough. Wrap in waxed paper or plastic wrap; chill several hours, or until firm enough to roll. (Overnight is best.)
4. Roll out dough, one-quarter at a time, 1/8 inch thick, on a lightly floured pastry cloth or board. Cut out with a floured, 2-inch gingerbread-man cutter or cut around your own 2-inch cardboard pattern with a sharp knife; place, 1 inch apart, on greased cookie sheets. Reroll and cut out all trimmings. Decorate with cut-up currants for eyes, mouth and buttons.
5. Bake in moderate oven (350°) for 6 minutes, or till firm. Remove from the cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks. Store in a tightly covered container.
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