Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies. Gingerbread Cookies are the essence of the holidays and are deeply flavored with spices and molasses. One of the all-time favorite treats for the holidays are gingerbread men. Lebkuchen is the more traditional gingerbread in Switzerland and the surrounding countries like Germany and Austria, but it is a more of a cake than a cookie, hence the name Kuchen, which means. These Gingerbread Men Cookies are as cute as can be. If desired, decorate with raisins, currants or cinnamon red hot candies for eyes and buttons.
These Gingerbread Men Cookies are as cute as can be.
Gingerbread cookie recipes all start the same and mine comes from my mom.
To her recipe, I add a little more molasses Allspice is a spice on its own that tastes like most of the other traditional gingerbread spices.
You can cook Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies
- You need 3 cups of flour.
- Prepare 2 tsp of ground ginger.
- You need 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
- You need 1 of \4 tsp ground nutmeg.
- It's 1 of \4 tsp salt.
- It's 3 of \4 cup melted unsalted butter.
- It's 3 of \4 cup brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 of \2 cup molasses.
- It's 1 of egg.
You can substitute it by adding a tiny bit more clove. Gingerbread men cookies are such an epitome of Christmas baking, but I never tackled them for one primary reason - all of the gingerbread cookies I had ever tasted were pretty much the equivalent of a rock. Unless you're talking about biscotti or pizzelle, I am a diehard soft and chewy cookie person. Gingerbead men cookies is a must during the festival season / Holiday season.
Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies instructions
- Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl..
- Beat butter and brown sugar in large bowl. I find an electric mixer makes this part easier. Mix until it is light and fluffy..
- Add molasses and egg. Beat well..
- Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed (electric mixer) until well mixed..
- Press dough into a thick, flat disc. Wrap in wax paper. Place in refrigerator overnight. I find rolling out the dough before chilling makes it easier on you the next day..
- Next day: Preheat oven to 350..
- Roll dough into 1\4 inch thick on floured wax paper. Cut out gingerbread men with a cookie cutter..
- Place gingerbread men on greased cookie sheet and bake in oven for 8-10minutes. Look for the edges of the cookies to just start to turn brown. Then, you know they are done..
- Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes. Then, decorate as desired with icing, gumdrops, candy, etc..
This is really flavourful and delicious with the spices we add in the dough. And gingerbread cookies are the worst offenders — more often than not, they taste like cardboard. But that's not the case with these adorable gingerbread men (and gals). I love the ease of making this cookie and the taste is complex yet traditional. The iconic gingerbread man cookie is a favorite holiday tradition.