Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
1 package gingerbread cake and cookie mix
1/4 cup hot water
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Sugar
1 tub Rich & Creamy vanilla
ready-to-spread frosting
Candy Toppings:
Miniature chocolate chips, raisins, gumdrops, colored sugar, miniature marshmallows, red cinnamon candies, shredded coconut, chocolate shot or shoestring licorice
Heat oven to 375º. Mix gingerbread mix, hot water, flour and butter in medium bowl with spoon until dough forms.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press bottom of glass into dough to grease, then dip into sugar; press on shaped dough to flatten to 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are firm (do not overbake). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost with frosting. Decorate as desired with chocolate chips and candies.
Gingerbread Cookie Recipe
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups dark molasses
2/3 cup cold water
7 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
CREAMY WHITE FROSTING
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 tablespoons half-and-half
Food color, if desired
Beat brown sugar, shortening, molasses and water in very large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except Creamy White Frosting. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm.
Heat oven to 350º. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Roll one-fourth of dough at a time 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut with floured gingerbread cookie cutter or other favorite shaped cutter. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched in center. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost with Creamy White Frosting.
CREAMY WHITE FROSTING
Mix all ingredients until smooth and spreadable.
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