Gingerbread Men Cookies
Spiced gingerbread men cookies have the classic gingerbread add even more festive magic to the holiday season.
Servings: 32 cookies
Calories: 136kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup salted sweet cream butter, softened
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup unsulphured molasses
- 2 tablespoons unsulphured molasses
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- tinted sugar cookie icing, see the sugar cookie icing recipe on our website for decorating
Instructions
- Using a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, ground ginger, and pumpkin pie spice. Set it aside.
- Using a stand mixer, or a medium-sized mixing bowl and a handheld mixer, on medium-high speed, beat the softened butter for 30 seconds.
- Add the light brown sugar, molasses, egg and vanilla and beat just until the ingredients are incorporated.
- Add in the flour mixture, and beat on low until the flour is well combined.
- Cover the dough and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator. Divide the dough in half to make handling the dough manageable.
- Dust your work surface and your rolling pin with flour.
- Roll the cookie dough to ⅛ to ¼ inch thickness.
- Press down with the cookie cutter, and gently wiggle the cutter to help ensure a clean cut.
- Place the cut cookie shapes 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to rest on the baking sheet 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a cooling rack. Allow the cookies to completely cool before decorating.
Notes
- Any cookie cutter shape can be used, as well as any candies to decorate after the cookies have been baked. The classic is a gingerbread man cookie cutter, but different shapes will work too!
- If you are freezing the unbaked cookies, if you have the extra baking sheets, this can make baking much easier.
Nutrition
Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 121mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 186IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg