Easy Gingerbread Man Cookies (Bredele 2021)
December is here! Why not snack away on a delicious Gingerbread Man! These are super easy to make and so flavorful. Everyone will love them!
Equipment
Ingredients
GINGERBREAD MAN COOKIES
- 9 tbsp (125 g) Butter (Softened | At Room Temperature)
- 1 Egg
- 1/3 cup (75 g) Dark Muscovado Sugar
- 1/4 cup (50 g) Sugar
- 1 tbsp (20 g) Molasses (Original Recipe calls for 2tbsp of Molasses )
- 1 tbsp (20 g) Lavender Honey
- 2 1/4 cups (280 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp (15 g) Ground Cinnamon
- 1 tbsp (5 g) Ground Ginger
- 1 1/2 tsp (3 g) Ground Cloves
- 1/2 tsp (1 g) Ground Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp (1.5 g) Sea Salt
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) Baking Soda
VANILLA ICING
- 1 1/2 cups (180 g) powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) vanilla extract
- 1 tsp (10 g) corn syrup
- 2 tbsp (30 g) bottle water
- 1/8 tsp (0.75 g) sea salt
Instructions
GINGERBREAD MAN COOKIES
- Place butter in a small sauce pan and heat on low until melted. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat together the egg, both sugars, molasses, lavender honey and cooled melted butter.
- Mix in the all-purpose flour, all the spices (cinnamon, ginger, gloves, nutmeg), sea salt and baking soda.
- Scrape the dough out onto the Roul'Pat™ and divide it half. Cover with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for two hours (minimum 30min).
ASSEMBLY
- Place your Large bonMAT™ on the top of your Large Perforated Baking Sheet. Set Aside.
- Roll out the gingerbread dough onto the Roul'Pat™. Then, using your cookie cutters, cut your gingerbread man out and place them directly onto your Bonmat™.
BAKE!
- Preheat oven at 350F/180C.
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Bake for 10 minutes (Every oven heats differently, monitor your cookies from 8min). It is ready when golden brown around the edge.
- Once your Easy Gingerbread Man Cookies are out of the oven, let them completely cool down directly onto your baking sheet.
VANILLA ICING
- While your Cookies are cooling down, prepare the vanilla icing.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla extract, corn syrup and sea salt. Then, add 2 tbsp of spring water. Mix until combined. IMPORTANT: Add 1/2 tsp of water at a time to find the right balance.
- Fill your Pastry Bag with the icing. Cut the tip to the desired thickness of design, and pipe away.
- Let them dry for an hour or so. Then, slide them onto a serving plate. Enjoy & Bon Appétit!
- N.B. Storage is best when placed in a metal box.
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Nutrition
Calories: 212kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 152mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg
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