Cakespy: Gingerbread Mad Men

Name: Cakespy: Gingerbread Mad Men
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters brown sugar, packed; 79 milliliters butter; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 355 milliliters dark molasses; 1 teaspoon ginger; 1 teaspoon salt; 158 milliliters cold water

Cakespy: Gingerbread Mad Men might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 119 calories, 0g of protein, and 3g of fat. 1 person found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. If you have brown sugar, butter, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Mix butter, sugar, and molasses thoroughly. Stir in water and mix until incorporated (it will be wet and strangely lumpy, but this goes away when you add the flour).

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Molasses

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Sift together the flour and other remaining dry ingredients in a bowl. Stir into the wet mix a little at a time until fully incorporated. The mixture will be extremely thick. Form into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap; let chill for at least two hours.

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All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Heat the oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on a (very lightly) floured board. Using a gingerbread man cookie cutter, cut the cookies.

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Dough

Roll

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Cookie Cutter

Make slight variations by hand to personalize them for Mad Men characters.

For the men: Gently shape the legs to be longer and flatter at the end, and stretch the arms a little bit. For the women: Be sure to flatten the fat middle part of the gingerbread men—after all, they are all shapely ladies. For Gingerbread Joan in particular, you might want to add a little beehive hairdo.

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Gingerbread Men

If desired, using a knife, cut out shapes for some Mad Men-style accessories: martini glasses, collins glasses, hats or briefcases, a cloud shape for a puff of cigarette smoke. Be sure to bake these smaller pieces on a separate tray because they won't need to bake as long.

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Martini

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Oven

Knife

Bake the large cookies for 10 to 12 minutes or until no imprint remains when touched lightly; bake the small accessory cookies for about 6 to 7 minutes.

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Oven

Let them cool completely before icing them.

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Icing