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Perfect Gingerbread Men

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  • on December 23, 2012

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    I use this recipe every year ! Always a hit ! I swear this is the best ginger bread recipe I' ve ever used . FOREVER A CLASSIC IN MY HOME!

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  • on December 18, 2012

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    This is the best gingerbread cookie recipe I have found and I have spent years searching for "the one". This may be it!I have made 4 batches of them so far. They taste wonderful and stay soft with or without frosting. If you are like me and like a spicier cookie, try tripling the ginger and doubling the other spices. Either way they are just really good gingerbread cookies. I did not have a problem in any of my batches with crumbly dough. I did notice that the cookies from the first roll bake with cracks on top and then as more flour gets worked into the dough they bake up more smoothly. I am rating this recipe 4 stars because of the cracks but definitely recommend you give it a try!

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  • on November 19, 2012

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    The dough was slightly crumbly, but when I put it in the fridge overnight and then brought to room temperature, it was a breeze to work with. Also, LOVE the way this dough handles for cutting out cookies or using a fluted pastry wheel. Every recipe I have so far always yields softer cookies, but this recipe means business! The flavor was really really good too and I think it will be even nicer still with the royal icing piped on(I am going to make snowflake cookies out of these and give as gifts 350 for nine minutes in my Breville counter-top oven.(love that thing, btw and it smells so wonderful in here!!

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  • on December 23, 2011

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    THE BEST GINGERBREAD COOKIES EVER!!!! We made these cookies and they held up amazing for 9 kids to decorate and have fun with. = They loved them and even the picky kids ate them all up. Too bad there are none left for Santa... The family already ate them all. =

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  • on December 21, 2011

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    Used my hands to mix and kneed the entire thing. Used 3 1/2 cups of flour as the recipe calls for and my cookies came out just fine! I've never made homemade ginger bread man, but next Christmas I will defiantly make these again! They are delicious ! And soft in the inside too! For the royal icing, I used an old recipe of mine instead (since I couldn't find meringue powder anywhere The icing I made was 2 cups of confectioners sugar, 3 T. of milk, 1 t. of vanilla extract, and mix ... add water to get to the thickness you want it to be at

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  • on December 19, 2011

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    I used a stand mixer and the dough was not dry or crumbly. Tastes delicious. I decorated with storebought frosting and candies and this was an easy, delicious treat.

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  • on December 09, 2011

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    The first time the dough was way to crumbly. Made it again using 3 cups flour instead of 3 1/2 cups, and the dough was just perfect and the cookies turned out great. Cut the amount of flour.

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  • on December 09, 2011

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    If your dough came out dry and crumbly then work it with your hands. Knead it like a regular dough or even think of it as play doh. The warmth from your hands and from kneading will make everything come together.

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  • on August 22, 2011

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    is the murange powder mandatory

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  • on December 26, 2010

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    These cookies turned out great! I was not sure if I wanted to make them because of all the negative reviews that had been posted, but I am glad that I did. The dough was slightly crumbly at first, but it did come together. I baked each tray for 9 minutes and the cookies came out on the softer side, and were a hit with everyone.

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