Gingerbread Persons Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Gingerbread Persons
Add your photo!
Ingredients
17
Count
Nutrition
520
Calories
Total time
7
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp allspice
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tbsp water

Directions:

  1. Ceam the butter and sugar together, then beat in the molasses and egg.
  2. In another bowl, add the flour, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice. Stir well with a fork so the dry ingredients are well mixed.
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture and beat until the dough is thoroughly mixed. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for about an hour, or until the dough is chilled.
  4. Preheat the oven to 350F, and grease some cookie sheets.
  5. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough about 1/4-inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut the dough into Gingerbread persons - or any other shapes you wish. Transfer the cut pieces of dough to the prepared cookie sheets, placing them about 1-inch apart.
  6. Bake for about 7 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer cookies to racks. Brush the cookies with Basic Clear Glaze when still warm or frost with Butter Frosting when cool,. Make faces and buttons with raisins, bits of citron or candied fruit, or little red cinnamon candies. If you wish, you may tint the icing in various colors and pipe it through a pastry bag fitted with a small rounded tip (the kind used for writing) to give the figures more details.
  7. BUTTER FROSTING: Combine the butter and sugar in a small bowl and beat until smooth. Add the milk and vanilla and continue beating until smooth and well blended.
  8. VARIATIONS:.
  9. CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Sift 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa over the butter and sugar and proceed as directed.
  10. LEMON FROSTING: Add 2 tablespoons grated lemon rind with the butter and sugar.
  11. ORANGE FROSTING: Add 2 teaspoons grated orange rind with the butter and sugar.
  12. RUM FROSTING: Decrease milk to 1 tablespoons and add 1 tablespoons rum.
  13. BASIC CLEAR GLAZE: Glaze is brushed on cookies as soon as they come out of the oven. A glaze is a clear shiny coating that can be colored. After you spread a glaze on cookies, you can spread colored sugar granules over the glaze before it dries, or put some tiny candies over the glaze. The glaze hardens as it dries.
  14. Mix the sugar and water together, mix well to dissolve any lumps and make a smooth runny glaze. Brush a spoonful on cookies while they are still warm (if the glaze is not runny enough, add a little more water). You can also make double the recipe if you are coating many cookies.
  15. OPTIONAL: Assorted food colors come in small boxes in the supermarkets, Adjust a drop or two to the glaze and stir - if its too pale add a little more until desired color is reached -.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 519.62 Kcal (2176 kJ)
Calories from fat 147.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.43g 25%
Cholesterol 39.11mg 13%
Sodium 912.77mg 38%
Potassium 296.31mg 6%
Total Carbs 90.6g 30%
Sugars 58.28g 233%
Dietary Fiber 3.63g 15%
Protein 4.65g 9%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Calcium 140mg 14%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 387.1 Kcal (1621 kJ)
Calories from fat 110.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.24g 25%
Cholesterol 29.14mg 13%
Sodium 679.98mg 38%
Potassium 220.74mg 6%
Total Carbs 67.5g 30%
Sugars 43.42g 233%
Dietary Fiber 2.71g 15%
Protein 3.46g 9%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 2.1mg 16%
Calcium 104.3mg 14%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 11
    Points
  • 14
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top