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