Gingerbread People

Name: Gingerbread People
Prep time: 1 h 12 min
Cook time: 1 h 12 min
Total time: 1 h 12 min
Yield: 26
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 177 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 1 large egg; 591 milliliters 11 1/4 ounces all-purpose flour (about; 59 milliliters golden cane syrup (such as Lyles Golden Syrup); 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 Tbsp ground ginger; 2 teaspoons 2% reduced-fat milk; 2 Tbsps molasses; 118 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt

Gingerbread People is a vegetarian recipe with 26 servings. One serving contains 126 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. A mixture of ground ginger, golden cane syrup, ground cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It works best as a dessert, and is done in around 1 hour and 12 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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To prepare cookies, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

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Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, stirring mixture well with a whisk.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Ginger

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Salt

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Whisk

Place brown sugar and butter in a bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add cane syrup, molasses, and egg; beat 1 minute or until well combined.

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Cane Syrup

Molasses

Egg

Add flour mixture, and beat on low speed 1 minute or until just combined. Gently press mixture into a disc, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Divide dough in half.

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Dough

Roll each dough portion to a 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut with 5-inch cutters to form 26 cookies. (Reroll scraps, as necessary.)

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Roll

Place cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes.

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Baking Sheet

Remove cookies from baking sheet; cool completely on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar and milk, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Spoon icing into a small zip-top plastic bag. Snip a tiny hole off one corner of the bag. Pipe icing onto cookies as desired.

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Powdered Sugar