Eaton's Gingerbread Men Recipe

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Eaton's Gingerbread Men
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Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup molasses
  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp ginger

Directions:

  1. Blend sugar, shortening, eggs, water and molasses. Stir in spices, mixed with flour and baking soda. Mix well. Chill in fridge for a few hours or overnight (otherwise dough will be sticky). Roll out very thin (1/4 inch); cut with cookie cutter. Place on cookie sheets and bake in pre-heated 350 F oven for approx. 10 to 12 minutes until lightly brown. They can be iced with a mixture of icing sugar and warm water piped onto the cookies.
  2. Taste Tester Notes: This makes a very nice gingerbread cookie, mildly spiced and less strongly flavoured than most. I used 1 litre (4 cups) of brown sugar. Keep the dough in the refrigerator, taking out only as much as you need for rolling at one time. It will roll very easily if used straight out of the fridge, without sticking or requiring any flouring of rolling surface (I used a plastic rolling mat). This makes one big whack of cookies, with quantity depending on the size you make. I made 2 dozen 10-centimetre gingerbread men, a half-dozen 15-cm men, and about 8 dozen 5-cm round cookies out of this recipe. To make about 250 ml (1 cup) of decorating icing, I used 500 ml (2 cups) of icing sugar mixed with about 45 ml (3 tbsp) of warm water and .5 ml (1/8 tsp) of vanilla. Adjust icing sugar and water as needed until proper consistency reached for piping through decorating bag. If stacking decorated cookies to store, you may need to wait several hours or even overnight (depending on your icing) until the icing is perfectly dry, or it can smear or flatten. Once set and dry, decorated cookies can be placed between sheets of waxed paper in a sealed container for freezing or storage.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 13247.54 Kcal (55465 kJ)
Calories from fat 4354.35 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 483.82g 744%
Cholesterol 654.72mg 218%
Sodium 3612.68mg 151%
Potassium 7760.19mg 165%
Total Carbs 2097.2g 699%
Sugars 1132.63g 4531%
Dietary Fiber 39.34g 157%
Protein 148.14g 296%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 2%
Iron 42.3mg 235%
Calcium 1781.9mg 178%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 406.77 Kcal (1703 kJ)
Calories from fat 133.7 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.86g 744%
Cholesterol 20.1mg 218%
Sodium 110.93mg 151%
Potassium 238.28mg 165%
Total Carbs 64.39g 699%
Sugars 34.78g 4531%
Dietary Fiber 1.21g 157%
Protein 4.55g 296%
Iron 1.3mg 235%
Calcium 54.7mg 178%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 304.5
    Points
  • 363
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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