Vegan Gingerbread Men





Great dough to work with for kids and to roll and make cookies!! Maybe next time would halve the recipe though. Made a LOT of cookies!!

Gingerbread Men (~from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups dark molasses
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup cold water
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 7 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 (16 ounce) package chocolate frosting

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one cookie sheet.
  2. Mix together the molasses, brown sugar, water and shortening.
  3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, allspice, ginger, cloves and cinnamon. Add to sugar mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  4. Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on floured board. Cut with floured gingerbread cutter. Place about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Cool and decorate with frosting.

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