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Gingerbread People

by Rachel Paxton - rachel@creativehomemaking.com


Gingerbread cookies are a fun family activity during
the holiday season.  All you need to get started are some
gingerbread people cookie cutters and yourgingerbread
imagination.

You can make your own frosting.  I like to buy different colored
frosting in tubes that come with the different tips ready to
attach and frost.  It's a lot less work and mess, and you can use
them over and over again.

Use a variety of candies to decorate, like raisins, red hots, gum
drops, etc.  Mine are nothing fancy, but still cute and fun to
make.

 

Recipes

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe:
Ingredients:
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
1 egg
1/2 c. light molasses
2 1/4 c. flour
4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. all spice

Directions:
Cream sugar and shortening.  Add egg and molasses; blend.  Mix in
dry ingredients.  Chill dough for 1 hour.  Roll out dough to 1/8
in. thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Bake at 350 degrees for
8 to 9 minutes





Copyright 2002. Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For recipes, tips to organize your home, home decorating, crafts, and frugal family fun, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com.


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