Gingerbread People Cookies

Name: Gingerbread People Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 0 teaspoons baking soda; 2 Tbsps dried currants; 1 large egg white; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 6 Tbsps granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 118 milliliters molasses; 296 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters butter or stick margarine, softened; 0 teaspoons vanilla extract

Gingerbread People Cookies is a dairy free dessert. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 61 calories. This recipe serves 48. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is perfect for Christmas. A mixture of molasses, baking soda, egg white, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine the flour and next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a bowl, and set aside.

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Clove

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Combine granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer 5 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add molasses and egg white; beat well.

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Egg Whites

Molasses

Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed until well-blended. Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a ball, and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Working with 1 half of dough at a time (keep remaining half chilled until ready to use), roll the dough to a 1/8-inch thickness on a heavily floured surface; cut with a 2 1/2-inch boy or girl cookie cutter.

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Dough

Roll

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Cookie Cutter

Place gingerbread cookies 1 inch apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Arrange currants on cookies as buttons.

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Cooking Spray

Currants

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 8 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from pans; cool on wire racks.

Combine the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla in a small bowl. Spoon into a decorating bag or a heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag with a tiny hole snipped in 1 corner of bag, and decorate as desired.

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Powdered Sugar