Gingerbread People

1 hours Prep: 1 hours Cook: 10 minutes

647 calories per serving view nutrition facts

6 servings suggest servings

Be the first to add a photo of this recipe!

Ingredients

3 1/4	cups	flour, all-purpose
1/2	teaspoon	baking soda
1/4	teaspoon	salt
1	teaspoon	cinnamon	ground
2	teaspoons	ginger	ground
1/4	teaspoon	cloves	ground
1	cup	butter	softened
3/4	cup	brown sugar	dark, firmly packed
1	large	egg
1/2	cup	molasses	unsulfured
1/2	cup	raisins, seedless
1	x	icing	in tubes

Directions

Preheat oven to 325.

Whisk together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in bowl.

In a large bowl, using electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.

Add egg and molasses.

Beat until smooth on medium speed.

Add flour mixture.

Beat on low until well mixed.

Separate dough into 2 balls and flatten into disks.

Wrap each in plastic wrap.

Chill 1 hour until firm.

On floured surface, roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness.

With floured gingerbread man cookie cutters, cut out dough.

Gather scraps and roll and cut out also.

Use all dough.

Place on ungreased cookie sheets about 1/2 inch apart.

If you want, at this time, use the raisins for eyes or other decorations.

Press into dough.

Bake 10 minutes until done.

Do not overcook.

Transfer to cool flat surface to cool.

Gather all decorations and decorate the cookies.

Add your comment

Categories this recipe belongs to

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 155g

Amount per Serving

Calories 647 45% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.0g	50%
Saturated Fat 20.0g	99%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 117mg	39%
Sodium 387mg	16%
Total Carbohydrate 83.0g	28%
Dietary Fiber 2.0g	10%
Sugars 23.0g
Protein 9.0g	18%

Vitamin A	20%		Vitamin C	1%
Calcium	9%		Iron	28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

How is this calculated?

Rate this Recipe

Not a member? You can still rate this recipe!

Review this Recipe

Note: You must be a member to submit a review. Please Sign in or Sign Up.

Back to Recipes for Sourdough: Page 13

Last Recipes Viewed

Recipe Bite

Celery_Seed

by Laurie

General:Celery Seed is the dried fruit of Apium graviolens, a biennial in the parsley family. This is the same genus and species used for growing table celery, although there are particular varieties that are used for the vegetable. The seeds are very sma...

Member Review

Amazing Chewy Crispy Apricot Walnut Energy Bars

I made these crispy and chewy bars today, and they are really amazing, crispy outside and chewy inside, the fresh lemon zests and the dried apricots work very well with the bars, and I used brown rice cereal, anyhow I love them, and I will definetly make them again.

Reviewed by susan99