Gingerbread People

Name: Gingerbread People
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 170 grams 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature; 769 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder; 177 milliliters molasses; 177 milliliters sugar

Gingerbread People might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 24 servings with 168 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat each. A mixture of baking soda, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in molasses. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, espresso powder, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir or beat into butter mixture until well blended.

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Instant Espresso

Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Molasses

Butter

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Bowl

Divide dough in half. Flatten each portion with your hands into a 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap each disk airtight and freeze until firm, about 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

On a lightly floured board, with a floured rolling pin, roll dough, a portion at a time, to 1/4 inch thick. With floured cutters, cut dough into people shapes (if dough becomes too soft to handle, freeze briefly until firm again). With a wide spatula or your fingers, transfer cookies to buttered or cooking parchment-lined 12- by 15-inch baking sheets, spacing them about 1 inch apart. Gather scraps, pat into a ball, and repeat rolling and cutting.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

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Bake cookies in a 300 oven until edges are brown, 15 to 20 minutes; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking.

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With a wide spatula, transfer cookies to racks to cool. If hot cookies start to break, slide a thin spatula under them to release, let stand on sheets to firm up, about 5 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

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Powdered sugar icing: Controlling consistency of icing is simple. If it's too thick, add a few drops of water; if it's too thin, gradually add more powdered sugar. To tint, add food coloring a few drops at a time.

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Powdered Sugar

Food Color

Icing

Water

For piping: In a bowl, stir 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 1/2 tablespoons water until smooth. Tint with food coloring as desired. Spoon into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/8-inch tip or a heavy 1-quart zip-lock plastic bag. Seal plastic bag and squeeze icing into a corner; cut a tiny opening at corner of bag to squeeze icing out.

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Powdered Sugar

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Vanilla