Steps to Prepare Gingerbread Recipe Loaf

Gingerbread Men

Using a hand mixer, cream butter and brown sugar in a separate medium bowl until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.

Recipe Summary Gingerbread Men

This recipe for gingerbread men uses butterscotch pudding mix and doesn't require molasses!

Ingredients | Gingerbread Recipe Loaf

1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix

½ cup butter

½ cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

In a medium bowl, cream together the dry butterscotch pudding mix, butter, and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon; stir into the pudding mixture. Cover, and chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. On a floured board, roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into man shapes using a cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden at the edges. Cool on wire racks.

Info | Gingerbread Recipe Loaf

prep: 25 mins cook: 12 mins additional: 1 hr total: 1 hr 37 mins Servings: 30 Yield: 2 1/2 dozen

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