- 125 g Buttersoftened
- ⅔ cup Brown sugar
- ¼ cup Maple syrup
- 1 Eggslightly beaten
- 2 ½ cups All-purpose flour
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- 1 tbsp Ground ginger
- 2 tsp Cinnamonground
- 1 cup White chocolate candy melts
For decoration:
- Edible sugar pearls
Gingerbread Men
These Gingerbread Men cookies are the holiday cookie everyone is looking for. The recipe is easy and fun to make and keeps the ingredient list short and simple. The cookies are soft and chewy with crispy edges and are perfect for decorating. I decorated mine with funny faces and buttons. These cookies make for an easy holiday gift to share with friends or just to bake and eat for Christmas.
The recipe is pretty straightforward, but it’s important not to skip the chill time. It helps the gingerbread men to keep their shape in the oven and lets the flavors mingle together.
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To make these Gingerbread Men, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Gingerbread Men
1 | Cream butter and sugar | 3 |
2 | Beat in maple syrup and egg | 2 |
3 | Mix in dry ingredients | 2 |
4 | Chill | 1h |
5 | Heat oven and prepare 3 cookie sheets | 5 |
6 | Roll out dough | 5 |
Roll the chilled dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to ¼-inch thick. Using a 2.6-inch tall 3-inch wide gingerbread man cutter, cut shapes from the dough. Roll out the leftover scraps and repeat with the remaining dough to make a total of 30 gingerbread men. Transfer to cookie sheets spacing 1 inch apart. | ||
7 | Bake the cookies | 20 |
8 | Cool | |
9 | Melt candy melts | 3 |
10 | Decorate the cookies | |
11 | Serve | |
Recipe Reviews
These cookies are perfectly spiced, perfect for decorating, and easy to make!
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