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Gingerbread Man Cookie Recipe

December 12, 2013 by Craft Passion 7 Comments

Appetizer | Snack, Cake | Baking, Dessert | Treat, Edible Crafts, Holiday Treat

5 from 3 reviews:

gingerbread man cookies

It is baking time for Christmas!!! Mandy and I baked a few batches of Gingerbread Man cookies a few days ago to try out a few different gingerbread cookie recipes. We finally settled on the adapted recipe from Martha Stewart which my kids and I love the most.

gingerbread man cookies

For years, I have been wishing to bake my own Gingerbread Man cookies, I am glad that I am able to accomplish it this year. With help from Mandy, I have baked my first ever gingerbread cookies and decorated royal icing on them!!! The feeling in getting the icing done without practicing ahead is simply thrilling, I thought I would fail but they turned out pleasing (not perfect though). Not only that, I feel the joy when seeing my kids’ first bites on the cookies they have never tried before, and, feel overjoyed when they keep asking for it, wow… 100% baking satisfaction.

The Gingerbread Man cookies have gone way too fast and I will need to bake a few more batches again very soon. I truly enjoy the process because I am devoted to baking for my loved ones.

I hope you will try out this recipe too.

gingerbread man icing

gingerbread man cookie

GINGERBREAD MAN COOKIE RECIPE

Yield: 12 – 16 MEDIUM COOKIES
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Additional Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 57 minutes

It is baking time for Christmas!!! Mandy and I baked a few batches of Gingerbread Man cookies a few days ago to try out a few different gingerbread cookie recipes. We finally settled on the adapted recipe from Martha Stewart which my kids and I love the most.

Enjoy baking them!

Ingredients

Gingerbread Man Cookie

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
  • 4 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 teaspoons ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon finely ground white pepper
  • 3/4 teaspoons coarse salt
  • 1 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup un-sulfured molasses

Decoration

  • Royal Icing, various colors for decoration (we used royal icing premix)

Instructions

  1. Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder into a large bowl. Set aside.
  2. Put butter and brown sugar in the mixing bowl, mix with a hand whisk until fluffy. Mix in spices and salt, then egg and molasses. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture; mix with a spatula until just combined. Divide dough into halve; wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out dough on a lightly floured work surface to a 1/4-inch thick. Cut into Gingerbread man with a Gingerbread man cookie cutter. Space 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, and refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
  4. Bake cookies until crisp but not dark, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.
  5. When cool, you can decorate the cookies with Royal icing.

gingerbread man cookie

gingerbread man cookie

gingerbread man cookie

gingerbread man cookie

gingerbread man cookie

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Notes

Store cookies between layers of parchment in an airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days.
If you are going to use the original recipe (double portion) you will need an electric mixer to cream the butter and mixing the rest of the ingredients.

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Comments

  1. Xelita -

    September 11, 2018 at 6:07 pm

    What can I do if I can’t find molasses?

    Reply
  2. Li Lin -

    December 21, 2016 at 5:31 pm

    Hi, may I know where did you buy the Royal icing premix from?

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      December 22, 2016 at 10:24 pm

      I bought it from Cold Storage, some baking supply shops should carry it as well.

      Reply
  3. fofo -

    November 14, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    This is a real art..i’lltry it today in shaa’ allah..thanks.

    Reply
  4. Dina -

    December 18, 2013 at 6:07 am

    wow these look so great!

    Reply
  5. Brenda -

    December 13, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    How many eggs in this recipe? The ingredients list one, but it refers to eggs there and in the directions section.

    Reply
    • Craft Passion -

      December 13, 2013 at 1:21 pm

      It is 1, sorry for the typing error of the plural terms. I have got it corrected, thanks for the question.

      Reply

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