Recipe For Rolled Gingerbread Cookies

It starts by boiling molasses adding butter brown sugar cloves ginger cinnamon and flour.

Recipe for rolled gingerbread cookies. Bake until slightly puffed and set 9 to 10 minutes depending on the size of your cookie cutters. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. On a lightly floured surface working with half of the dough this time roll 1 8 inch thick.

Cut with a floured 4 in. Let cool on baking. Cut out gingerbread men with a 3 wide cutter and transfer to baking sheets.

On a lightly floured surface roll dough to 1 8 in. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c. No eggs from what i recall.

Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll dough to a scant 1 4 inch thick. Cream butter and sugar together.

Preheat oven to 350. It makes a stiff dough perfect for rolling thin baking and decorating with icing. Use additional flour to avoid sticking.

In a medium bowl mix together the molasses brown sugar water and butter until smooth. Cover the dough and chill for at least 3 hours. Gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.