Gingerbread ManCookies Recipe
Spiced gingerbread men cookies have the classic gingerbread flavor with the festive magic perfect for the holiday season.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 48 minutes
- Yield: 32 cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup salted sweet cream butter, softened
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup unsulphured molasses
- 2 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Additional:
- tinted sugar cookie icing, see the sugar cookie icing recipe on our website for decorating
Instructions
- Prepare Dry Ingredients: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ground ginger, and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
- Mix Wet Ingredients: Using a stand mixer, beat softened butter. Add brown sugar, molasses, egg, and vanilla; beat until incorporated. Mix in the dry ingredients until combined.
- Chill Dough: Cover dough and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Roll and Cut: Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough, cut shapes, and place on lined baking sheets.
- Bake: Bake for 8 minutes. Let cookies rest on the sheet before transferring to a rack to cool.
Notes
- Any cookie cutter shape can be used for variations.
- Freezing unbaked cookies can be convenient for later use.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 136 kcal
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 91mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 21mg
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