Ingredients
* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 2/3 cup molasses
* 2 eggs
* 4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
# Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
# In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the molasses and eggs. Combine 1 1/2 cups of the flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger; beat into the molasses mixture. Gradually stir in the remaining flour by hand to form a stiff dough.
# Divide dough into 2 pieces. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
# Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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3 comments:
BLESS YOU for this! I have a newly-fixed oven, a huge gingerbread man cookie cutter, and have been looking for a good recipe! :)
One of my daughters and I went out for a mother-daughter day. We were short on cash but spent the entire afternoon shopping through TEN different stores to find a gingerbread man and woman cookie cutter that was durable. Never did find the gingerbread woman, but the gingerbread man is about to be tried out on your recipe. Let's see, 5 kids and one mother in a small kitchen with flour and sugar and ...
These came out terrific, by the way! I have a new favorite. And they looked adorable in little red-and-green-icing lederhosen (for my husband's German family members). :) Thanks again!
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