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So I made the best ever Gingerbread Cookies for Thanksgiving! They turned out so good that my parents hid the leftover cookies afterward, hoping I would forget...
I was LUCKY. I used the first recipe I googled that looked halfway decent - I was going blind, lol. And the gingerbread men ended up being the best I've ever tasted! So on with the recipe, from McCormick - McCormick Gingerbread Men Cookies.
Step 1: This is very important - don your favorite cute apron! It makes baking so much more fun!
2. Get the following ingredients together:
4. In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter and the sugar - medium speed until light and fluffy. Mmm... you know you have to take a taste at this point. ;-)
5. Add molasses and egg, mix well.
6. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed.
7. Shape dough into a flat disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for four hours or overnight.
*Twiddle your thumbs, write a blog post, chase your children around*
8. When you're ready to start making cookies, preheat oven to 350 degrees!
9. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness on lightly floured surface and cut out dough into gingerbread men cookies.
10. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes (mine were perfect at 7 minutes) on ungreased cookie sheet.
Decorating Time!
Make yourself some quick and easy frosting with powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla - just add until it tastes good and has a good thickness for decorating. I spoon mine into resealable bags, cut a tiny hole in a corner, and squeeze the frosting out that way. It works really well! Just check out my lovely people...
I had a bag of red frosting, but after decorating one cookie decided... it just didn't look... right.
Share your Thoughts!
Do you have any recipes, crafts, or other creativity to share? You can: a) Write a post on your blog and link up to it so we can come visit and give you some comment love, or b) leave a comment letting us know what you've been up to. :-)
Can't wait to read your comments and visit your blogs!
Past Creative Mamas Monday Fun:
Share Your Thanksgiving Creativity (Nov 23)
Holiday Scrapbook Paper Chains Tutorial (Nov 16)
Easy Christmas Tags/Ornaments Tutorial (Nov 9)
No-Sew Projects (Nov 2)
Easy Flower Hair/Hat Clips Tutorial (Oct 26)
My Creative Endeavors
So I made the best ever Gingerbread Cookies for Thanksgiving! They turned out so good that my parents hid the leftover cookies afterward, hoping I would forget...
I was LUCKY. I used the first recipe I googled that looked halfway decent - I was going blind, lol. And the gingerbread men ended up being the best I've ever tasted! So on with the recipe, from McCormick - McCormick Gingerbread Men Cookies.
Step 1: This is very important - don your favorite cute apron! It makes baking so much more fun!
2. Get the following ingredients together:
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons Ginger, Ground
1 teaspoon Cinnamon, Ground
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg, Ground
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
Got 'em? Good! I actually didn't use McCormick for any of the spices, lol. I generally buy the least expensive... and it still turned out great!
3. Mix the first six ingredients together in a bowl - flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt.
4. In a separate bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter and the sugar - medium speed until light and fluffy. Mmm... you know you have to take a taste at this point. ;-)
5. Add molasses and egg, mix well.
6. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed.
7. Shape dough into a flat disc, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for four hours or overnight.*Twiddle your thumbs, write a blog post, chase your children around*
8. When you're ready to start making cookies, preheat oven to 350 degrees!
9. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness on lightly floured surface and cut out dough into gingerbread men cookies.
10. Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 7-10 minutes (mine were perfect at 7 minutes) on ungreased cookie sheet.
Decorating Time!
Make yourself some quick and easy frosting with powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla - just add until it tastes good and has a good thickness for decorating. I spoon mine into resealable bags, cut a tiny hole in a corner, and squeeze the frosting out that way. It works really well! Just check out my lovely people...
I had a bag of red frosting, but after decorating one cookie decided... it just didn't look... right.
Share your Thoughts!
Do you have any recipes, crafts, or other creativity to share? You can: a) Write a post on your blog and link up to it so we can come visit and give you some comment love, or b) leave a comment letting us know what you've been up to. :-)
Can't wait to read your comments and visit your blogs!
Past Creative Mamas Monday Fun:
Share Your Thanksgiving Creativity (Nov 23)
Holiday Scrapbook Paper Chains Tutorial (Nov 16)
Easy Christmas Tags/Ornaments Tutorial (Nov 9)
No-Sew Projects (Nov 2)
Easy Flower Hair/Hat Clips Tutorial (Oct 26)
9 comments:
Oh my gosh Lindsey! Those are so adorable. I am definitely going to try those. My daughter will LOVE making them too. We were just talking last night at bedtime about making all of our favorite Christmas cookies...yummy:)
wow those look good! May have to make some with the kids this week!
Your gingerbread cookies are gorgeous!
Thanks, guys! :-) I had fun making them. I watched LOST while I was making them, too - lol. I'm a weirdo, I know. I should have been watching Christmas movies!
Too cute! We should get our ginger bread cookies together sometime... LOL...
How on earth could you watch Lost at the sametime!?! I give LOST one hundred percent attention... I'm sort of obessed with it! LOL
You have such a cute apron! I bet that makes baking much more fun!
Are those cute or what!? I HAVE to try them now!
Wow!! If you could ever make it look like an art you did!! Now I want to go home and make some myself!! I have a really great recipe for ginger snaps on my blog, so yummy!
OH the smell of gingerbread in the house is like NONE other.I usually make gingersnaps, but I remember making these SO many years ago for a school project. I am gonna try it again. PRAY for me...I am not good with cookie cutters:)
eileen
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