How to Cook Perfect Christmas Gingerbread Men

Christmas Gingerbread Men. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders Best Price Guarantee! Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. Have some fun in the kitchen this with a classic gingerbread recipe your kids will love to make.

Use sultanas to make eyes, noses and buttons. Using gingerbread men cutters, dip into some extra flour before cutting out shapes. Place onto the lined trays and, using a skewer/knife, make two holes for eyes and draw a mouth. You can have Christmas Gingerbread Men using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Christmas Gingerbread Men

1. It's 450 grams of Flour.
2. Prepare 200 grams of Molasses (or brown cane sugar syrup).
3. Prepare 130 grams of Brown sugar.
4. It's 250 grams of Unsalted butter.
5. It's 1 of Egg.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of Ginger powder.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of Cinnamon.
8. You need 1 tsp of Nutmeg.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking soda.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of Baking powder.

Using Christmas gingerbread men pastry cutters, cut out your shapes and place onto the baking tray. Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. You could use a regular gingerbread man cutter for this recipe. We've got lots more gingerbread recipes for you.

Christmas Gingerbread Men step by step

1. Combine the molasses and butter in a pan, cook over low heat, and add the butter. Be careful not to burn it! Once it cools, mix in the egg..
2. Mix together the flour, sugar, and spices in a bowl. Gradually add the cooled wet ingredients from Step 1 to make the dough..
3. Once the mixture forms a dough, wrap in plastic wrap, then chill in the refrigerator for 40 minutes..
4. Roll out the dough, then cut the cookies. Arrange on parchment paper on a baking sheet, then bake for 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 160 C (320 F)..
5. Once the gingerbread cookies are cooled to the touch, they're ready to be iced. Add any color you like to the icing. (Mix a small amount of egg white to powdered sugar until it reaches an appropriate consistency, then fill pastry bags to decorate.).

Gingerbread men become fun and tasty activity for parents and kids to work with during Christmas. Thus, this brings in the true essence of Christmas. And that is gift giving and sharing laughs and smiles with your family. The gingerbread man has cemented itself as one of the greatest icons that Christmas had ever have. Put a specified number of buttons on a gingerbread man.