The Most Flavorful Gingerbread Man You'll Ever Have
These Gingerbread Men are the ultimate Christmas cookies! This recipe yields soft, yet firm gingerbread cookies that are perfectly spiced, buttery, and hold their shape beautifully. Top them off with a foolproof icing that makes plenty for decorating, and you've got yourself a fun holiday activity for the whole family.
Recipe:
Ingredients
½ cup unsalted butter softened (113g)
½ cup light or dark brown sugar, tightly packed (100g)
½ cup unsulphured molasses (120ml) (I use Grandma's brand)
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ¾ cups all purpose flour (315g)
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ teaspoon ground ginger
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
For Icing:
3 cups powdered sugar sifted (375g)
2-4 Tablespoons milk
2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Decorative candies and sprinkles as desired
Instructions
00:00 Introduction
For Gingerbread Men:
00:23 Using a stand mixer or electric mixer, combine butter and sugar and beat until well-creamed.
00:41 Add molasses and beat until combined (mixture may look piece-y, this is OK).
01:01 Stir in egg and vanilla extract.
01:27 In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
01:59 With mixer on low speed, gradually add dry ingredients to wet until completely combined.
02:18 Scrape dough roughly into a ball (it will be sticky, use a spatula), wrap completely in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.
03:17 Once dough has chilled, preheat oven to 375F (175C).
03:37 Generously flour a clean surface and lightly flour the dough as well (see note).
03:45 Use a rolling pin to roll the dough to ¼” thickness, and use a cookie cutter (my cookie cutter for these was about 3.5” long) to cut out shapes. 0 Transfer to a parchment paper lined cookie sheet (or an ungreased cookie sheet), transfer to 375F oven, and bake for 8-10 minutes.
05:04 Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for at least 5 minutes then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.
Once cookies have cooled, prepare frosting and decorate.
Gingerbread Men Icing
05:13 Combine sugar, 2 Tablespoons of milk, corn syrup, and vanilla extract in a medium-sized bowl and stir until combined. If frosting is too thick, add more milk, about a teaspoon at a time, until the frosting is thick but pipeable. If you accidentally add too much milk, add powdered sugar until desired texture is reached.
06:57 Transfer to a piping bag with a piping tip (I used Wilton #5), or place in a Ziploc bag and snip a small piece of the corner off (not as neat, but this will still work, just take care that the frosting isn’t so thick that it breaks open the seam of the bag when you are squeezing).
07:17 Pipe frosting on cookies and decorate with decorative candies, if desired.
07:51 Allow frosting to harden before enjoying (this took only about 30 minutes for me, but may take longer if your frosting is wetter)
Keep uneaten cookies sealed in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
Flour
Don't be afraid to add flour as needed. Generously dust your surface so the cookies don't stick, and if the dough still seems sticky while rolling dust the dough and rolling pin with additional flour as needed. This is a softer dough by nature but it should not be so sticky that it isn't manageable.
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Soft Molasses Cookies Ingredients
¾ cup Shortening
¾ cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Unsulphured Molasses
1 tsp Vanilla
4 ½ cups All Purpose Flour
3 tsp Baking Powder
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Low Cal / High Protein Frosted Gingerbread Cookies *easy recipe*
Ingredients
* 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
* 2 tbsp light I can’t believe it’s not butter
* 2 tbsp Swerve brown sugar replacement
* 2 tbsp granulated sugar replacement
* 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
* 3/4 cup oat flour
* 2 tbsp almond flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 Tablespoon ground ginger
* 1/4 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
* 2 tbsp liquid egg white
* 1 scoop of protein powder for the rolling :)
Frosting
* stevia
* 170g 0% fat greek yogurt
* 0.25 tsp almond extract
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Best Christmas gifts | Gingerbread Cookies with Icing Sugar Frosting
Gingerbread Cookies with Icing Sugar Frosting – Just in case you’re not aware, these are eggless gingerbread cookies. I can’t wait to share these cute looking and scrumptious cookies with you. Last week I did some piping or spritz cookies, this week gingerbread cookies but you don’t need any cutters for this. Just cut them into the square size you desire. So happened I got this cute recycled paper box it will be really nice to place my square cookies inside. You don’t need any need of special tools to make these cookies, just some piping bags and a long bread knife. I hope you’re give it a try to make these wonderful cookies with me. They are awesome for giveaway and very good shelf life too which can last for at least a month. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas in advance!
Enjoy! FULL RECIPE:
Ingredients:
this recipe yields about 18 cookies of 7x7cm square size cookies
• Gingerbread cookies
113g (½ cup) unsalted butter, softened
300g [2¼ + 3 tbsp] all-purpose flour
20g [2½ tbsp] cornstarch
3g [1½ tsp] ground cinnamon
2g [1 tsp] ground ginger
⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
⅛ tsp ground clove
¼ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
100g [½ cup] light brown sugar
90g [¼ cup] molasses OR dark syrup
14g [1 tbsp] oil
• Icing Sugar Frosting
340g [3 cup] powdered sugar
20g [2 tbsp] vegan meringue powder***
30g [2 tbsp] water
15g [1 tbsp] lemon juice
Red food colouring
Green food colouring
Brown food colouring
***Substitute: If you really can't find meringue powder, here are the options: (choose one below)
1. 20g egg white (1 egg whites)
2. 20g water
Instructions:
• Gingerbread cookies
1. Cut up some butter and set aside until it is softened.
2. In a large bowl, sift all the dry ingredients. Give it a quick whisk and set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, add the softened butter and sugar. Mix on high speed until creamy and fluffy.
4. Add the molasses and oil. Mix until well combined.
5. Add in the sifted dry ingredients in two batches. Fold in with a spatula until the white is no longer visible, then add in the balance. Continue folding in until it comes together as a dough.
6. Transfer the dough in between two parchment papers (non-stick preferably). Roll out the dough to about 4-5mm thick. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
7. After 2 hours, cut the sides to get a straight line. Then cut the dough into 7x7cm squares or whatever size you desire.
8. Place them on a baking tray.
9. Bake in preheated oven at 180°C/350°F for 12-13 minutes or until the edges are brown.
10. Let it completely cool before you pipe the frosting.
• Icing Sugar Frosting
1. In a large mixing bowl, add powdered sugar, meringue powder, water and lemon juice.
2. Mix on medium speed until well combined and smooth. Add in half teaspoon of water a time if you find the mixture is too thick.
3. Stop mixing and adding of water once the mixture is stiff consistency (as shown in the video).
4. Divide the frosting into 4 bowls (since I was using 4 colours) White, Red, Green and Blue.
5. Cover the bowls with a tea towel to prevent drying up.
6. Take one of the bowls. Firstly make the WHITE frosting. Transfer about 1 tablespoon of frosting into a piping bag. This is for lining or detailing for the white. For the remaining frosting, we’re thining it to a thin consistency for the fillings. Once the frosting is thin consistency (as shown in the video), transfer into a piping bag.
7. Repeat the same process for the other colours, RED, GREEN and BROWN. However, for the colours, add few drops of the food colouring into the mixture before transferring into the piping bag.
8. Refer to the video for clearer demonstrations.
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