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Gingerbread Cutouts

Bring a tempting aroma and goodness into your kitchen with hard-to-pass classic gingerbread cookies.

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Prep Time 1 hr 30 min
Total Time 2 hr 40 min
Servings 10

Ingredients

1 1/2: cups granulated sugar

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

3: tablespoons molasses

1: egg

2: tablespoons water or milk

3 1/4: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

2: teaspoons baking soda

2: teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/2: teaspoons ground ginger

1/2: teaspoon salt

1/2: teaspoon ground cardamom

1/2: teaspoon ground cloves

: Currants or Assorted candies, if desired

: Colored sugar or Additional sugar, if desired

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Directions

1 Beat granulated sugar, butter and molasses in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well mixed. Beat in egg and water until blended. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt, cardamom and cloves. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
2 Heat oven to 350°F. Roll 1/3 of dough at a time on floured surface to 1/8inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut with floured 2 1/2inch gingerbread boy or girl cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants or candies. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
3 Bake 6 to 7 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool.

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“Stitch” the edges of these charming cookies with white candy sprinkles found where cake and cookie decorating supplies are sold.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 40
Calories from Fat: 20 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 2 g; 2 %
(Saturated Fat 1 g, 1 % ),
Cholesterol: 5 mg; 5 %;
Sodium: 40 mg; 40 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 6 g; 6 %
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 0g; 0%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/21/2010 3:37:12 PM REPORT ABUSE shila_sd said:

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first time making gingerbread cookies and this recipe did not disappoint. I agree with the others that cardamom is what makes it stand out. It's expensive but worth it.

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Posted 12/17/2010 11:51:22 AM REPORT ABUSE GingerbreadLover said:

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Cardamom is not available at a lot of places, so I used the same amount of nutmeg as a substitute. It turned out delicious, and the family all raved over it.

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Posted 12/13/2010 3:09:12 PM REPORT ABUSE RockStarNinja said:

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The best gingerbread I have ever eaten! The cardamom is definitely the ingredient that made these cookies. I had some problems with the dough because if the weather and ended up adding more flour to the dough and had to wait longer for them to set, but they were worth the wait.

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