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Make your next Christmas celebration a delicious one with Company's Coming for Christmas, where over 200 beautifully pictured recipes are featured along with special chapters for creating gift baskets, arranging table settings and decorations, custom menu plans, make-ahead recipes, and cooking for large groups.
Company's Coming for Christmas
Gingerbread Figures

Gingerbread Figures      "Gingerbread Figures" is available in PDF format print friendly version
A treat for little (or big) kids! Leave as is or glaze or decorate with icing and small candy silver balls.
 
Butter or hard margarine, 1/2 cup125 mL
softened
Granulated sugar1/2 cup125 mL
Fancy molasses1/2 cup125 mL
Egg yolk (large)11
 
All-purpose flour2 cups500 mL
Baking powder1/2 tsp.2 mL
Baking soda1/2 tsp.2 mL
Ground cinnamon1 tsp.5 mL
Ground ginger1 tsp.5 mL
Ground cloves1/2 tsp.2 mL
Ground nutmeg1/4 tsp.1 mL
Salt1/4 tsp.1 mL
 
Frosting:
Egg white, large11
Icing (confectioner's) sugar2 cups 500 mL
 
Cream butter, sugar, molasses and egg yolk together until light.

Add next 8 ingredients. Mix well. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 1 hour. Roll out. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Arrange on baking sheet. Bake in 350°F (175°C) oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool.

Frosting: Beat egg white with spoon in medium bowl. Beat in as much icing sugar as needed until icing will hold its shape. Ice cookies. Makes 12 to 16 gingerbread men cookies or a variety of other shapes.
 
Gingerbread Lollipops: Shape 1/4 to 1/3 cup (60 to 75 mL) dough into ball. Insert wooden stick. Place on greased cookie sheet. Press with bottom of tumbler to 1/4 inch (6 mm) thick. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool.
 
 
 
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