Mrs Fields Gingerbread Men Recipe 45

Steps:

• COOKIES: Pre-heat oven to 325°F. Whisk together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a medium bowl In large bowl with an electric mixer cream butter and sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add egg and molasses, and beat on medium speed until smooth. Scrape bowl and add the flour mixture. Blend on low speed until combined; do not overmix. Separate dough into 2 balls and flatten into disks. Wrap each disk tightly in plastic wrap or a plastic bag, and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm. On floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness. With floured cookie cutters cut into gingerbread men. Gather scraps and re-roll dough until all dough is used. Place on ungreased baking sheets 1/2-inch apart. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the edges have just browned. Remove from the oven and cool on a cookie sheet for at least 10 minutes. If you want to use raisins to decorate the cookies, plump raisins first by soaking them in warm water for 5 minutes. Discard water. Use raisins as eyes, mouth and buttons. ICING: Whisk sugar and milk together in a small bowl until mixture is smooth but liquid. If it seems dry, add 1/4 teaspoon more milk. Spoon icing into a pastry bag fitted with a small piping tip. Decorate gingerbread men as desired.

Steps:

• Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and allspice into a medium bowl; set aside. Melt the butter and shortening in a medium saucepan; remove from the heat and stir in the brown sugar and molasses. Transfer to a large bowl and let cool slightly.
• Add the egg to the butter mixture; beat with a mixer on medium speed until incorporated. Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the flour mixture in two additions until just combined. Divide the dough in half; wrap each half in plastic wrap and pat into 1/2-inch-thick disks. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Working with 1 piece of dough at a time, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface, dusting with flour as needed. Cut out gingerbread men with a 3 1/2- to 5-inch cookie cutter and arrange 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush off the excess flour and refrigerate the cutouts 15 minutes.
• Bake the cookies until golden around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool 3 to 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely. Decorate with royal icing and let harden at room temperature, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Whisk flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves in medium bowl. (Large bowl) cream with electric mixer butter and sugar. Add egg and molasses and beat on med speed until smooth. Scrape bowl, add flour mixture on low speed until just combined. Separate dough into 2 balls and flatten. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour or till firm. Roll dough to 1/4 inch. Cut into cool shapes. Bake 9-11 minutes, be careful not to brown. ICING Whisk sugar and milk together until smooth but liquid. Add colors. Decorate dudes.