Gingerbread Men

Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread Men requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 48. One portion of this dish contains around 1g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 164 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as an inexpensive dessert for Christmas. A mixture of ground allspice, salt, firmly brown sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

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Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until blended.
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Add egg, beating until blended.
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Add molasses, beating well.
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Combine flour and next 5 ingredients; gradually add to molasses mixture, beating until blended. Cover and chill dough 2 hours.
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Roll half of dough to 1/4" thickness on a floured surface.
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Cut Gingerbread Men with a 3" cookie cutter.
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Place on greased cookie sheets.
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Add excess dough to remaining half of dough; wrap in wax paper, and chill. Press currants, cinnamon candy halves, and fruit-flavored candy pieces into cookies for eyes, mouth, and buttons.
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Bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
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Remove cookies to wire racks; let cool completely. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.
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Note: For chewy fruit-flavored pieces, we used Skittles.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In45 m.
Servings48
Health Score0
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