Festive cooking never fails to bring out the Kid in us – esp baking. The fun of loved ones milling about, shouts of laughter and arguments, kids running here and there makes us jump with utmost glee. Thanksgiving always reminds me of the Gingerbread Man, of course after Pumpkin Pie. I just realized that I had almost all the gingery bites posted. Right from Gingerbread to Gingersnaps to Ginger Cookies and I seemed to have missed on the most funnest of them all – yes Gingerbread Man.

Gingerbread Man is actually a cookie and is based on a fairy tale.It is crunchy and has a delicious bite to it. I have tried many recipes but the one I love most is this one which I stumbled upon all of a sudden when I ran out of ingredients right in the middle of making a batch. I ran out on Brown sugar and Molasses, two essential ingredients and dint have enough as asked for in the recipe. So instead I made use of some brown Rice syrup and Demerera Sugar lying in my pantry and VIOLA! This one was a total winner.

1.Sift all the dry ingredients together for the cookies in a bowl.

2.Now beat the sugar and the butter together.

3.Add rest of the wet ingredients till they come well together.

4.Mix the dry into the wet and make into a dough.Wrap in a plastic sheet and refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours. Then remove and set aside in the counter to get to room temperature. Now on a floured parchment/wax paper, place the cookie dough and roll it out using a rolling pin.

5.Roll it to 1/8th inch thickness and cut out Gingerbread Man shapes using the cookie cutter. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake it in a preheated oven at 350F. I had one single one in the shape as given above. I did a freehand to cut a Man and used this for a woman

6.It should be done in about 8-10min and you know its done when the edges start browning slightly.Remove and cool completely.

7.For the Icing : Mix the butter and sugar together. Lightly blend in the milk and vanilla till it forms into an icing consistancy. If too thick, add little more milk otherwise add more sugar if too watery. Now decorate the cookies as per your needs.

This is my entry to Susan’s Event : Christmas Cookies Event. Check out this roundup to drool over the other creations for this event.

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