Gingerbread People Recipe
Baking is one of my holiday traditions and making Gingerbread People is one of my favorite things to do this time of year. I've been making these wonderful cookies every Christmas season for over 25 years. It's a fun project for the kids, they love to cut out the shapes and decorate. I make a lot of mini gingerbread people- when you add the frosting they can be on the sweet side. The cookies store well; you can bake and freeze or freeze some of the dough to bake a fresh batch at your convenience.
1 1/2 cups dark molassas
1 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup cold water
1/4 cup shortening
7 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp allspice
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix the molassas, brown sugar water and shortening in one bowl. I mix the rest of the dry ingredients together then add to the molassas mix. Cover and refrigerate for two hours.
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Flour your countertop and roll the dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut cookies with your favorite cookie cutters and place about 2" apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes. Frost with an icing made from powdered sugar and water.
Don't forget to enjoy your creations with a cup of tea or hot chocolate with your little men and women.
Merry Christmas!
Debbie they look wonderful! I want the one right in the middle with the green shirt and blue pants! YUM-YUM!!!
Since you have perfected these cookies from years of baking them, then it's nothing left for us to do but either eat them IF you send them... or...roll 'em out ourselves from your recipe! A good share Debbie!
Hi Debbie - They look too cute to eat! You should package them and ship them to everyone who commented on this post. ;D
LOL! Okay, I guess that's only fair Pamela. If y'all will send me your address, I will be glad to send you a fresh batch of Gingerbread People!! Thanks for commenting.
Yummy -- I can smell those cookies.. Now, I am hungry.. I guess I am going to have to make some of my own soon!
The perfect man eh? Oh ok. Those cookies look scrumptuous. Can i give you my address?
I am really impressed with how you decorated them! Even after 25 years, that's a lot of care and practice to make those so cute and colorful. Now if I could just adjust the recipe to make them sugar-free :}
Debbie I agree with Diane. Since you are such a very nice person,I think you should just send us some and taste your delicious ginger bread cookies-lol. Happy Holidays to you and your family Debbie. Great post.
Hey Debbie,
Looks pretty good. I will post my recipe in the near future. Last year I made over 1500 of my ginger bread- snaps for my client cookie boxes and they got great reviews. This year I'm going to try a few molasses based ones.... including this one.
Thanks for the recipe....