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The Best Gingerbread Man Cookie Recipe Ever

This is the best gingerbread man cookie recipe. They're flavorful, spiced, sweet, soft, and simply delicious. Plus, they're easy to make and a ton of fun to decorate! Everyone will love this gingerbread cookie recipe.
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Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Stick Stick Salted Butter (Soft)
  • 1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Unsulphured Molasses
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg
  • 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Clove
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Nutmeg
  • 2 3/4 Cups All Purpose Flour

Equipment

  • Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter

Method
 

  1. Once your butter has sat out at least 2 hours, the add it to a large mixing bowl with your sugar and molasses.
  2. Mix vigorously with a whisk or fork until everything is super creamy.
  3. Add your egg and vanilla extract to your butter mixture.
  4. In another mixing bowl add in your dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
  5. Mix the dry ingredients well.
  6. Start slowly mixing the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  7. Mix until everything is wet and the dough comes together into a ball.
  8. Place the dough into saran wrap and squish it down to a disc. Wrap completely so it doesn’t dry out.
  9. Let it sit in the fridge for a few hours. The dough should be firm.
  10. Preheat your oven to 375F. Take the dough out and cut it into 4 pieces of gingerbread man dough.
  11. Sprinkle flour on your work space or the cookie dough will stick.
  12. Roll it out until it’s relatively thin, around 1/4-1/2 inch.
  13. Cut out the cookies and put them on a a baking sheet and bake them for about 9 minutes.
  14. Let them cool and then decorate them with simple cookie icing.

Notes

If your cookies are thinner check at 7-8 minutes. If thicker check around 10 minutes.