:: Gingerbread Men ::

 

Sift into a big bowl and mix:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon allspice

Beat together in another bowl:
1 farm-fresh egg
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2/3 cup dark molasses
6 tablespoons softened butter


Add dry inredients slowly to wet mixture until well blended. Cover and refrigerate for one hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift flour onto your board and your rolling pin as you work to keep the dough from sticking. Roll out a portion of dough 1/4 inch thick. Cut out your gingerbread men with a two-inch floured cookie cutter. Or, with floured hands, shape and hand press your own little gingerbread men. (One way to shape them is to make a little ball for the head, a larger ball for the body and stick-shaped rolls for arms and legs.) Decorate with raisins. Place 1 inch apart on a buttered cookie sheet. Bake 8 minutes, or until slightly firm to the touch. Cool on wire rack. This will make about 50 cookies.



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