GingerBread Boys

Nothing is more holiday than Gingerbread Cookies! Since we are kicking off the holiday season, I though Gingerbread cookies were the perfect recipe to share. 

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The ingredients you will need are: flour, sugar, crisco, nutmeg, baking soda, allspice, ground ginger, molasses and salt. 

Every good cookie starts off with shortening

Add in your sugar

Cream together shortening and sugar

When measuring molasses I like to spray the cup with nonstick spray. Add in molasses

Add in water

Add in Flour

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Next is salt

Now for baking soda

Now nutmeg

And the ginger

Because I didn't have allspice, I mixed together a little nutmeg, ground cloves and cinnamon. You can always leave it out too. It's only 1/8 tsp. 

Mix all ingredients together until combined. 

Shape dough into a disk and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. 

Pick out your favorite cookie cutters! I'm in the Christmas spirit so I went fairly traditional.

Generously flour your surface

Roll out your dough

Once the cookies have cooled, you can decorate with icing or enjoy without! I chose to decorate simply because that's all I know how to do. LOL