Mama Shaws Gingerbread Boys & Girls

Gingerbread Boys & Girls

-Mama Shaw

Ingredients Needed:

Molasses     Cinnamon 

Shortening    Ginger

Sugar    Salt  

Egg     Flour

Vanilla   Baking Soda

Simmer for 15 minutes:

 -1 cup shortening

-1 cup molasses

Cream together:

 -1 egg

-1 cup sugar

-1 tsp vanilla

Dissolve 2 tsp backing soda in 1/2 cup hot water. Add hot water and soda to egg and sugar mixture.

Sift:

-6 cups flour 

-1 tsp ginger

-1 tsp cinnamon 

-1 tsp salt

-1/2 tsp cloves 

Pat on a piece of wax paper. Then cut with a cookie cutter. Bake for 10 minutes @375 degrees. Cooking time may vary depending on altitude and humidity levels. Just keep an eye on them!

Decorate and Enjoy

*Mama likes to dip the fronts in melted white chocolate chips and let the grand babies decorate with colored gel.

Disclaimer: Also I digitally decorated the cookies above because the kids ate their decorated ones before I could wash my hands and take a picture.