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How to Make Gingerbread Men Cookies Dec 20th 2012, 20:00 One of the all-time favorite treats for the holidays are gingerbread men. Their chewy, spicy goodness warms the mouth and warms the tummy, and are favored by everybody from little elves to Santa himself. (It's rumored that eating gingerbread is what keeps Rudolph's nose glowing when needed!) We'll show you how to make them, and add a rosy glow to your cheeks, too! Read on. Edit Ingredients 2 1/2 cups (310 g) of all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. of baking soda 3/4 tsp. of salt 1 tsp. of ground ginger 1/2 tsp. of ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. of ground cloves 1/4 tsp. of nutmeg 1/2 cup (110 g) of butter at room temperature 1/2 cup (100 g) of sugar 1/2 cup (125 ml) of molasses 1/4 cup (60 g) of water 1 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract icing, frosting, sprinkles, etc. for decoration Edit Steps Mix the dry ingredients. In a medium sized bowl, mix the salt, baking soda, flour, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon together. Mix the wet ingredients. Get a large bowl and mix the butter, sugar, water, molasses, and vanilla together. You can use an electric whisk or mixer in case the butter is not be soft enough to mix by hand. Mix the dry with the wet. Add small amounts of the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix slowly with a wooden spoon until the whole mixture becomes a soft dough. Be careful using electric equipment for this may splatter flour out of the bowl while mixing. Prepare the dough. Divide the dough in half and use plastic wrap to cover each half. Place both pieces in the refrigerator for two hours or until it gets firm and hard. Preheat the oven. Set to 375° F (190° C), or on the gas mark 5. Create the men. Lightly flour your surface, either a counter top or a cutting board. Use a floured rolling pin to roll out the dough to either 1/8- or 1/4-inch thick. Use your cookie cutters on the dough, cut out the men shapes, and place them on your baking sheet. Recycle the dough by rolling the leftovers and cutting out more men. Bake your cookies for 9 to 12 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned. Remove them from the oven and leave them on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. If you remove them from the sheet immediately, some body parts may fall off in the process. If they do, eat them. Decorate. This is always the fun part of making cookies (besides eating them, of course!) Use different colors of icing, frosting, and sprinkles to create facial and other features. You can also "glue" other candies such as gumdrops with a dab of frosting on the bottom. Edit Video Edit Tips Have kids decorate their own gingerbread men along with their own house. Edit Warnings Be careful not to burn yourself while baking, always wear gloves and take precautions! Edit Things You'll Need mixing bowl mixer or whisk (hand or electric) parchment paper cookie sheet plastic wrap cookie cutters Edit Related wikiHows How to Make Gingerbread Houses How to Make Christmas Tree Cookies How to Make a Candy Cane How to Make Almond Biscotti Cookies How to Make Keebler Soft Batch Cookies Edit Sources and Citations VideoJug - Original source of information, shared with permission Article Tools Read on wikiHow Email this Article Edit Discuss

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