Making Gingerbread Men
Makes 6 Gingerbread People
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1½ tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp nutmeg
Wet Ingredients
- ¼ cup hot water
- 1 cup molasses
- ½ cup melted butter
- 1 egg
How-to
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and spices
- In the bowl of an electric mixer blend the dry ingredients
- Gradually add water just until dough comes together. Add melted butter, molasses and egg. Dough will be a little wet to the touch
- Flour a work surface and your rolling pin and roll dough to 1/4" thick
- Cut dough into shapes
- Place shapes on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or sprayed with non-stick spray
- Bake at 350º for about 8-10 minutes
- Allow to cool before decorating