Monday, December 22, 2008

Gingerbread Family

From December, 2008 issue of "Family Circle" magazine.

Makes 16 cookies
Prep: 15 minutes
Refrigerate 4 hours
Bake at 350 degrees for 14 minutes

To basic sugar cookie dough, add 1 T ground ginger, 2 t cocoa powder & 1/2 t cinnamon to flour mixture. Continue as directed.

Halve dough and form into 2 disks. Refrigerate 4 hours. On lightly floured work surface, roll out one disk to 1/4" thickness. Using a large gingerbread cookie cutter, cut out 2 figures.

Place on ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with a small cookie cutter and other half of dough. Gather scraps and refrigerate. Reroll to form total of 2 large and 14 small cookies.

Bake at 350 degrees for 14 minutes.

Make Royal Icing. Decorate with Royal Icing, candy and sugars as desired.

Per 1 large or 2 small cookies:
298 calories, 11 g fat (7 g sat.)

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