1 cup butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Preheat oven to 400 F. In a large mixing bowl beat together butter, molasses and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until well blended. Set aside. In another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Stir into creamed mixture until well blended. Divide dough into fourths. Place 1/4 of dough in a cookie press and press out cookies onto ungreased baking sheet (for best results, use a shiny silver baking sheet and not the kind witha non-stick coating). Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until set, but not brown. Allow to cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet, then remove to wire racks to cool. If desired, decorate with Royal Icing.
A cookie baker in Lenexa, KS Dec 17, 2008
Would make this again.
I liked this dough. It was easy and fast to make. The dough was pretty sticky though, which made it a little tricky to get the cookies to press right. But I had it figured out before I finsihed the first tube/sheet. I think adding just a little more flour will help the next time I make it.
A cookie baker Dec 7, 2008
Would not make this again.
How many ways can you say bland, boring, and just plain blah? Absolutely no flavor whatsoever. The dough came out perfectly, and my 9 year old had a blast playing with the cookie press. The final result wasn't worth the effort.
Dec 23, 2007
Would not make this again.
This does not taste like a traditional gingerbread man recipe. There is quite a lot of molasses for the size of the recipe which makes the cookies taste more like a molasses cookie rather than a gingerbread one. Quite a disappointment if you're expecting a gingerbread man kind of taste.
Nancy in Nashua, NH Dec 18, 2007
Would not make this again.
I didn't like them at all. The dough was too soft. They were very bland. I would have liked more spice, and even more sugar. A total waste of ingredients, and calories - not worth the cheat. I don't know what I am going to do with them.
A cookie baker in Utah Dec 14, 2007
Would make this again.
I had fun making these, but felt they didn't have enough ginger flavor. I'll make them again because I want to add finely chopped candied ginger to see if that will make it sweeter and more 'gingery'.
