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Gingerbread Men
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Use either a small or medium gingerbread cookie cutter. The cookies are delicate and will fall apart if you use large cutters.

type: rolled
makes: unknown

3-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup unsulfured molasses

icing
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1-2 teaspoon milk

decorations
raisins, colored sugar, jimmies, jelly beans, etc.

Preheat oven to 325F.
Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and clover; set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg and molasses and beat until smooth.
Add flour mixture and mix until just combined.
Divide dough into two parts. Roll each into a ball and flatten slightly. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate and hour (or until firm.)
Roll out one of the pieces of dough on a lightly floured until 1/4 inch thick.
Cut out cookies with s small or medium gingerbread man cookie cutter.
Place on cookies on an ungreased baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
Decorate with raisins, jimmies or any of the decorations that can withstand the heat of the oven. Raisins should be soak in warm water about 10 minutes before using.
Bake 9-11 minutes do not brown.
Transfer to a cool flat surface to cool.

Icing: Whisk sugar and milk together until liquid. Spoon into a pastry bag and decorate as desired.

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The Cookie Tin
These cookies have the texture of sugar cookies making a great winter treat and decorating them it a lot of fun.