Gingerbread Men

Name: Gingerbread Men
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 30 pieces
Ingredients: ½ inch fresh ginger; 5 oz sugar; 6 oz unsalted butter; 4 oz molasses; 2 oz maple syrup; 3 tbsp ground ginger; 1 tsp cinnamon; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; ¼ tsp ground cloves; 18 oz all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; ¼ tsp salt; 1 large egg; 14 oz sugar; 1 egg white; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp hot water; food coloring

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Prep. 10 min

Total 1 h 20 min

30 pieces

Ingredients

Gingerbread Men

fresh ginger peeled and sliced
½ inch
sugar
5 oz
unsalted butter cut into pieces
6 oz
molasses
4 oz
maple syrup
2 oz
ground ginger
3 tbsp
cinnamon
1 tsp
ground nutmeg
½ tsp
ground cloves
¼ tsp
all-purpose flour plus extra to dust
18 oz
baking soda
1 tsp
salt
¼ tsp
large egg
1

Royal Icing

sugar divided
14 oz
egg white from a large pasteurized egg
1
3 tbsp liquid egg whites, pasteurized, from a large pasteurized egg
lemon juice
1 tbsp
hot water
2 tbsp
food coloring (e.g., red, green, silver, blue, gold)