Monday, July 5, 2010

Dolly can you do this for me?

I want gingerbread man cookies without ginger~~~

 

Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

Cookies

  • 3 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter (room temperature, softened)
  • 1/2 cup dark-brown sugar, packed
  • 1 Tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
  • Optional raisins, chocolate chips, candy pieces, frosting

Royal Icing

  • 1 egg white
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 3/4 cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)

Method

1 In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and spices. Set aside.

2 In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Mix in eggs and molasses. Gradually add the flour mixture; combine on low speed. (You may need to work it with your hands to incorporate the last bit of flour.) Divide dough in thirds; wrap each third in plastic. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight. Before rolling out, let sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. If after refrigerating the dough feels too soft to roll-out, work in a little more flour.

3 Heat oven to 350°. Place a dough third on a large piece of lightly floured parchment paper or wax paper. Using a rolling pin, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate again for 5-10 minutes to make it easier to cut out the cookies. Use either a cookie cutter or place a stencil over the dough and use a knife to cut into desired shapes. Press raisins, chocolate chips, or candy pieces in the center of each cookie if desired for "buttons".

4 Transfer to ungreased baking sheets. Bake until crisp but not darkened, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Let sit a few minutes and then use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate as desired.

Makes 16 5-inch long cookies.

16 comments:

  1. why don't u go dolly's home and make it 2gether ?!

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  2. 1 唔要ginger,荒謬
    2 cloves,貴
    3 nutmeg,貴,你一定唔鍾意呢d味
    4 unsulfured molasses,完全唔知是甚麼,似化工原料,或者要去五金舖買

    其實你只係想要人型餅啫
    你只要買一個人型餅模及一個沙利蛋糕回來,自己cut飽佢就得架啦

    話時話上面幅相那個薑餅人很姚明...

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  3. 整心型芒果布DIN算啦夠簡單

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  4. I want Pinocchio bread please~~~ Dolly @ Dollywood~~~

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  5. 哇原來大肚婆都可以好串....

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  6. 我去買沙利蛋糕吧………

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  7. Hey, 我唔係串 Sandy 呀, 只係想到我個 friend 乜到走的事件, 他叫漢堡包要全走的 (包括青瓜沙律和醬), 我覺得無野食了...
    Sandy, don't give up on cooking! 你可以整朱古力人型曲奇餅, 我可以借出我的超巨型焗爐給你哩!

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  8. 敢借廚房給sandy....太冒險了!

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  9. pinocchio的,是否加多pat落鼻度就可以.....?又幾好玩喎

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  10. 好呀~ 加多pat落鼻度就可以了~ I want Pinocchio~ I want Pinocchio~~

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