Merry gingerbread men
30 cookies
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine; soft |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar, firmly packed |
| 1 | Egg | |
| ⅓ | cup | Light molasses |
| 3 | cups | Sifted all-purpose flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Soda |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Ginger |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 1½ | cup | Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned) |
Directions
Beat butter until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy.
Add egg; beat until light and fluffy. Blend in molasses. Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices. Add to creamed mixture; blend well. Stir in oats. Chill dough at least 1 hour.
Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas to ⅛-inch thickness.
Cut with floured gingerbread man cutter. Place on greased cooky sheets. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 10 to 12 minutes; cool. Decorate with confectioners' sugar frosting, red cinnamon candies, semi-sweet chocolate pieces and currants.
Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias