Gingerbread men, Category: Cookies, Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
1/2 cup soft butter or margerine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
juice of an orange (between 1/3-1/2 cup)
3 1/2 - 4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar, beat in the egg. Mix dry ingredients together
and then combine with butter/sugar/egg mixture.
Chill the dough for at least an hour. Roll out the dough between 2
sheets of wax paper. About 1/4 inch thick, it may be thicker but the
gingerbread will be soft. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at
350 for about 10 minutes. Cool 1 minute and remove to cooling rack.
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