Gingerbread People

Name: Gingerbread People
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cup All purpose flour; 2 tsp Ground cinnamon; 2 tsp Ground ginger; 1 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tbsp Ground cloves; 1/4 tsp Ground nutmeg; 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter softened; 1/2 cup Packed light brown sugar; 1/2 cup Dark molasses; 1 each Egg; 1 as needed Decorations

Ashley O'Brien @cook_2707228

Gingerbread People

Ashley O'Brien @cook_2707228

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Ingredients

16 servings

2 1/4 cupAll purpose flour
2 tspGround cinnamon
2 tspGround ginger
1 tspBaking powder
1/2 tspSalt
1/4 tbspGround cloves
1/4 tspGround nutmeg
3/4 cup(1 1/2 sticks) butter softened
1/2 cupPacked light brown sugar
1/2 cupDark molasses
1 eachEgg
1as needed Decorations

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Steps

1

Combine flour cinnamon ginger baking powder salt cloves and nutmeg. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in molasses and egg. gradually add flour mixture. Beat until well blended. Shape dough into 3 discs wrap in plastic. Refrigerate 1 hr or until firm.
2

Preheat oven to 350°F working with one disc at a time place on lightly floured surface. Roll out dough with lightly floured rolling pin to 3/16 in thickness. Cut dough into gingerbread people with floured 5 in cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Press dough trimmings together gently. Reroll and cut out more cookies.
3

Bake about 12 min or until edges are golden brown. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 1 min. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
4

Decorate if you please