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Gingerbread People Recipe #1



1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 Tbsp. vinegar
5 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 to 3 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves


Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in egg, molasses, and vinegar.
Sift together dry ingredients and blend into creamed mixture. Chill 3 hours.
Roll dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thick. Cut in shapes.
Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for 5 to 6 minutes.
Cool slightly on cookie sheet and then remove to rack.
Makes about 5 dozen.
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~*~Dough can also be rolled out and cut into shapes~*~




Gingerbread People Recipe #2



Ginger and Molasses Cookies

3/4 cup soft shortening
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (if using self-rising flour, omit salt
and reduce soda to 1 tsp.)
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
granulated sugar


Mix shortening, brown sugar, egg, and molasses thoroughly.
Measure flour by dipping method or by sifting.
Blend all dry ingredients; stir into molasses mixture.
Chill.
Heat oven to 375 F. Roll dough in 1 1/4 inch balls. Dip tops in sugar.
Place balls, sugared side up, 3 inches apart on greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle Each with 2 or 3 drops of water.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or just until set but not hard.
Makes 4 dozen.
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~*~Dough can also be rolled out and cut into shapes~*~




Gingerbread People Recipe #3



Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

" Very good, and not to hard to make. "

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup molasses
2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
1/3 cup granulated sugar for decoration


Directions
1 Combine butter or margarine, molasses, and unsweetened chocolate
in the top of a double boiler.
Heat until chocolate melts. Stir until smooth.
2 Sift together flour, 2/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, and salt.
Stir in melted chocolate mixture and milk.
Mix well. Chill until firm.
3 Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in sugar. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
4 Bake at 375 degrees F ( 190 degrees C) for about 10 minutes.
makes about 3 doz



Gingerbread People Recipe #4



Gingerbread Cookies With Baked On Icing
41/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ginger
11/2 teaspoons cinnamon
11/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup dark molasses
Baked-on Icing (recipe follows)


1. Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg and salt in bowl.
Beat butter and sugar in large mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg and molasses.
At low speed, gradually beat in dry ingredients, just until blended.
Divide dough into quarters and flatten into disks.
Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
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2. Heat oven to 350°F.
Lightly coat 2 large cookie sheets with vegetable cooking spray.
On a lightly floured surface, roll 1 disk 3/16 inch thick with floured rolling pin.
Cut out cookies with 4-inch gingerbread-cookie cutter.
Transfer to prepared sheets.
Decorate as desired with Baked-on Icing (recipe follows).
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3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until edges are lightly browned.
Cool on wire racks.
Repeat rolling and cutting remaining dough, rerolling scraps.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

BAKED-ON ICING
Baked-On Icing is terrific for decorating Gingerbread People (recipe above). Because you don’t need to wait for the cookies to cool or the icing to dry, you can stack them for packaging without destroying the decoration.

2/3 cup butter (no substitutions, softened
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
10 drops red food color
10 drops green food color
Beat butter, flour and sugar in bowl.
Divide icing into 3 bowls.
Tint 1 bowl red and 1 bowl green.
Transfer to 3 pastry bags fitted with #2 round tips.

Ok...the cookies are baked, and now it's time to call in the kids
Be creative, Have bowls of M&M's...Gum Drops...Red Hots,
You can even use the pre-made icing in the tubes!

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Go Make Some Memories
And Have A Very Merry Christmas!






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