GINGERBREAD MEN COOKIES

Gingerbread men cookies are a fun and easy , festive treats that the entire family will enjoy eating and making this holiday season ! The kids will love them too !

INGREDIENTS

3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon ground ginger/ginger powder

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon salt

12 tablespoons butter , room temperature

3/4 cup molasses (dark molasses)

2 tablespoons milk

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger/ginger powder, cloves, and salt.

Next add the butter and blend this with a hand mixer until perfectly blended. Gradually add the molasses and milk and mix until combined into a dough.

Divide the dough in half and wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate for atleast 2 hours or overnight.

Once ready, preheat the oven to 180 degrees C and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.

Remove one dough sheet at a time from the fridge and roll out the dough until it’s about ½ inch thick. Cut the cookies into gingerbread cookies and place them on prepared baking sheets. Poke eyes with a toothpick.

Refrigerate these for 5 minutes. Bake the cookies until set in the centers and the dough barely retains and imprint when touched very gently with fingertip, 8 to 11 minutes.

Remove the cookies to a wire rack and allow to cool to room temperature completely.

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