Gingerbread Men

Name: Gingerbread Men
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking soda; 296 milliliters butter or margarine; 79 milliliters dark corn syrup; 1 liters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsps ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 Tbsps ground ginger; 532 milliliters sugar; 177 milliliters water; 1 Tbsp water

Gingerbread Men is a vegetarian recipe with 36 servings. One serving contains 191 calories, 2g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ground cinnamon, butter, ground ginger, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook sugar, 3/4 cup water, syrup, and spices in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.

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Spices

Sugar

Syrup

Water

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Sauce Pan

Add butter, stirring until melted.

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Butter

Combine baking soda and 1 tablespoon water; stir into sugar mixture.

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Baking Soda

Sugar

Water

Pour sugar mixture into a bowl; gradually add flour, beating at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric mixer until blended. (Dough will be stiff.)

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Divide dough into thirds.

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Dough

Roll one-third of dough to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.

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Dough

Roll

Cut with a 5 1/2-inch gingerbread man cutter, and place on lightly greased baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool 1 minute on pan; remove cookies to wire racks, and cool completely. Repeat procedure with remaining dough. Decorate as desired.

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