Gingerbread Girls

Name: Gingerbread Girls
Prep time: 1 h 34 min
Cook time: 1 h 34 min
Total time: 1 h 34 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 59 milliliters firmly packed dark brown sugar; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 serving Royal Icing; 118 milliliters molasses; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Gingerbread Girls might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 46g of protein, 105g of fat, and a total of 3279 calories. This recipe serves 1. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up flour, granulated sugar, butter, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 34 minutes.

Instructions

Combine first 7 ingredients in a 3-qt. saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

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Sauce Pan

Remove pan from heat; stir in baking soda.

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Baking Soda

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a mixing bowl.

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Mixing Bowl

Add butter and egg, beating at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually stir in flour and salt, beating just until blended.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Shape dough into a ball, and divide in half. Flatten each half into a round disk; wrap each in plastic wrap, and chill at least 1 hour or until firm.

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Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Line several large baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Roll out dough, 1 section at a time, to 1/4" thickness on a floured surface.

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Dough

Roll

Cut into gingerbread girl shapes (we used a 5 1/2" cookie cutter from www.rochowcutters.com). Reroll trimmings to make additional cookies.

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Cookie Cutter

Place cutouts 1/2" apart on prepared baking sheets.

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Cut Out Cookies

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Baking Sheet

Bake cutouts plain, or press raisins and cinnamon candies in each gingerbread girl for eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons, if desired.

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Cinnamon

Cut Out Cookies

Raisins

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Oven

Bake at 325 for 14 minutes or until cookies are puffed and slightly darker around edges. Cool 1 minute on baking sheets; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Decorate cookies with Royal Icing by first outlining desired patterns for each cookie. Then fill in with additional icing, letting icing flow into outlined area. Apply candy decorations, if desired.

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Candy

Icing