Some friends and I decided to have a Christmas party in September. Well, no Christmas party is complete without some freshly baked cookies. So then the question was, sugar cookies or gingerbread men? On this, the group was divided, so we decided to have a bake off. I was on Team Gingerbread. To up our game, we decided to decorate to resemble and poke fun at all the party attendees. The goal was to mimic the generic gingerbread man shape but add a little creativity. So, we could not use a store bought cookie cutter. Instead, we drew out the shapes and designs we wanted, and used those as stencils. Everyone had fun looking for their cookies, laughing at the details, and eating them!
Recipe:
Gingerbread Cookies:
Molasses: 1cup
Flour: 4cups
Brown sugar: 1cup
Butter: 1 stick
Water 1/4 cup
Ground Ginger: 2-3 teaspoons to taste
Cream butter and stir molasses. Slowly mix in flour, sugar ginger, and water in a food processor. If dough is too dry to roll out, add a little more water. Roll out dough on a clean table or counter. Draw shapes on paper and cut them out. Trace shapes onto dough with a butter knife. Peel and place on a cookie sheet. Preheat over to 350 degrees. Bake cookies for 8 minutes at 350 degrees.
Frosting:
1 package of cream cheese: 8oz.
Powdered sugar: 1cup
vanilla: 1/2 teaspoon
Food coloring
Soften and cream the cream cheese and add the vanilla. Slowly stir in sugar. Mix well.
Separate frosting into bowls for the number of colors you want to make. Mix in food coloring. Place frosting in Ziploc bags. Cut a tiny hole in the corner of the bag, and frost.
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