Christmas Gingerbread Men

Name: Christmas Gingerbread Men
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 450 grams Flour; 200 grams Molasses (or brown cane sugar syrup); 130 grams Brown sugar; 250 grams Unsalted butter; 1 Egg; 1 tbsp Ginger powder; 2 tsp Cinnamon; 1 tsp Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Baking soda; 1 tsp Baking powder

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My British mother-in-law taught me how to make these since Christmas was near. She said my husband used to make these with her when he was a child.

In England, you can find molasses easily, but I'm not sure about Japan... It tastes just like kuromitsu (brown sugar syrup). I imagine that you can substitute it with brown cane sugar syrup in Japan.
If the dough gets sticky when cutting the cookies, dust some flour on your working surface. For 20 large cookies. Recipe by MrsSTRAW.

My British mother-in-law taught me how to make these since Christmas was near. She said my husband used to make these with her when he was a child.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

My British mother-in-law taught me how to make these since Christmas was near. She said my husband used to make these with her when he was a child.

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Ingredients

20 servings

450 gramsFlour
200 gramsMolasses (or brown cane sugar syrup)
130 gramsBrown sugar
250 gramsUnsalted butter
1Egg
1 tbspGinger powder
2 tspCinnamon
1 tspNutmeg
1/2 tspBaking soda
1 tspBaking powder

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Steps

1

Combine the molasses and butter in a pan, cook over low heat, and add the butter. Be careful not to burn it! Once it cools, mix in the egg.
2

Mix together the flour, sugar, and spices in a bowl. Gradually add the cooled wet ingredients from Step 1 to make the dough.
3

Once the mixture forms a dough, wrap in plastic wrap, then chill in the refrigerator for 40 minutes.
4

Roll out the dough, then cut the cookies. Arrange on parchment paper on a baking sheet, then bake for 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 160 C (320 F).
5

Once the gingerbread cookies are cooled to the touch, they're ready to be iced. Add any color you like to the icing. (Mix a small amount of egg white to powdered sugar until it reaches an appropriate consistency, then fill pastry bags to decorate.)