GINGERBREAD COOKIE CUTOUTS RECIPE: HOW TO MAKE IT
Add a little snow hat (complete with a pompom) to a classic gingerbread shape to create adorable gingerbread Santas. —Christy Thelen, Kellogg, Iowa
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Total Time 40 minutes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half; shape each into a disk. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate, covered, until firm enough to roll, 4 hours or overnight., Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut 60 gingerbread men using a floured 3-1/2-in. cookie cutter. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. If desired, cut sixty 1-1/4-in. triangles for hats; attach to gingerbread cutouts, pressing edges to seal. If desired, cut sixty 1/4-in. circles; attach to hats for pompoms. , Bake cookies until edges are firm, 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely., Tint some of the frosting red; use red frosting for hats and buttons. Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry bag or heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; insert #3 round pastry tip. Fill bag with white frosting; pipe faces and trim on hands and feet. Using a #16 star pastry tip, pipe decorations on hats.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 78 calories, FatContent 2g fat (2g saturated fat), CholesterolContent 9mg cholesterol, SodiumContent 64mg sodium, CarbohydrateContent 13g carbohydrate (7g sugars, FiberContent 0 fiber), ProteinContent 1g protein.
CHRISTMAS COOKIE ORNAMENTS RECIPE: HOW TO MAKE IT
You can make these goodies for the Christmas tree ahead of time! Simply whip up the cookies and store them plain in your freezer. Come Christmas, you can fix homemade frosting and decorate. Then tie on ribbons and hang the shapes on your evergreen. You can also create these treats for eating! If you do, start them from scratch at holiday time and store the cookies in an airtight container. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Total Time 40 minutes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Yield 40(3-inch) cookies.
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar. Beat in the honey, egg and vanilla. Gradually add the flour and salt., Turn the dough onto a floured surface and roll to an 1/8-in. thickness. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters dipped in flour. Transfer cutouts to ungreased baking sheets., Using a straw, make a hole in the top of each cookie. Remove the center circle of dough. Bake the cookies at 350° for 6 minutes until the edges are lightly browned. Remove the cookies to wire racks to cool., For frosting, combine the confectioners' sugar, water, corn syrup and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Tint the frosting with liquid or paste food coloring in desired colors., Place each color of frosting in a pastry or plastic bag. Cut a small hole in the tip of each bag. Spread and pipe frosting onto cookies as desired., If desired, create stitch marks on a stocking or veins on holly leaves by dipping a toothpick in food coloring and painting on the lines., For hanging loops, cut forty 8-in. strips of 1/8-in.-wide ribbon. Thread a ribbon strip through the hole in each cookie and tie the ends into a bow.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 176 calories, FatContent 4g fat (2g saturated fat), CholesterolContent 11mg cholesterol, SodiumContent 41mg sodium, CarbohydrateContent 34g carbohydrate (26g sugars, FiberContent 0 fiber), ProteinContent 1g protein.
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