Gingerbread Vampire Men
Total time
Author: Michelle
Serves: 12
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Sift flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt into a large bowl and set aside.
- Use a mixer to combine butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add molasses, egg and vanilla to butter/sugar mixture and mix well.
- Slowly add flour mixture and mix well.
- Remove dough and wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly flour your work surface and roll dough to ¼ inch thickness
- Use a cookie cutter to form gingerbread men shapes.
- Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are set.
- Cool on baking rack.
- Decorate cooled cookies as desired.
Recipe by I Heart Kitchen at https://www.iheartkitchen.com/gingerbread-vampire-men/
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