Gingerbread Men!

Gingerbread Men

 

 

Ingredients

 

 

1 cup butter,softened                 250 ml

1 cup golden yellow sugar        250ml

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract                   5ml

2 cups all purpose flour            500ml 

1/2 tsp baking powder              2ml

2 tsp ground ginger                  10ml

3/4 tsp cinnamon                      4ml

1/2 ground cardamon               2ml

1/4 tsp nutmeg                          1ml

1/4 tsp salt                                1ml

 

 

 

 

In a large bowl or mixer cream together butter, and sugar till well blended. Add in egg and vanilla mix well. Add remaining ingredients until batter forms.

 

Preheat oven to 375F.


Roll out dough on some flour for easy cutting. Then place on an ungreased baking pan. Make sure they are spread apart.

Bake 10-12 minutes.

Then decorate as desired. I use icing and smarties or m&ms for the buttons, this time I sprinkled some coloured sugar on them as well before I baked them.  They look great!

I hope you enjoy!

I really like this recipe, very easy to make are are delicious. If you want them darker then instead of yellow sugar use the brown sugar. I will never go back to buying the ingredients in a box again!

 

                                                            Dough



 

 

 

                                                           cut out on stone

 

 

 

 

                                                           decorated.