Gingerbread Men Cookies, Ginger Bread Men Cookies

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

These Gingerbread Men Cookies are as cute as can be. If desired, decorate with raisins, currants or cinnamon red hot candies for eyes and buttons. Or, pipe untinted or Colorful Royal Icing onto cookies. These Gingerbread Men Cookies are as cute as can be. If desired, decorate with raisins, currants or cinnamon red hot candies for eyes and buttons. Or, pipe untinted or Colorful Royal Icing onto cookies. Read More Read Less
Chef-Hadar-Aviram

Chef Hadar

 

Confession: We make way more Gingerbread men than we should. We just can’t resist the aroma that fills the kitchen when McCormick Ground Cinnamon meets Ground Nutmeg and Ground Ginger.

20m
PREP TIME
8m
COOK TIME
158
CALORIES
11
INGREDIENTS

Servings: 24

Ingredients

INSTRUCTIONS

  • 1 Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in large bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add molasses, egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Press dough into a thick flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
  • 2 Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured work surface. Cut into gingerbread men shapes with 5-inch cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  • 3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are set and just begin to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 to 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate cooled cookies as desired. Store cookies in airtight container up to 5 days.
  • 4 Love gingerbread treats? Try these other tasty recipes: Gingerbread Whoopie Pies or White Chocolate Kissed Gingerbread Cookies.

TIPS AND TRICKS

Substitution Tip: Use 1 tablespoon McCormick® Gingerbread Spice in place of the 2 teaspoons McCormick® Ground Cinnamon, 1 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Nutmeg.

To dress up Gingerbread Cookie for the holidays, decorate with Colorful Royal Icing.

Use this Gingerbread cookie dough to make these variations: White Chocolate Kissed Gingerbread Cookies, Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Lemon Creme, Caramel Pecan Gingerbread Thumbprints and Almond Gingerbread Cookies.

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