Do you want to make Gingerbread Man Cookies with your family this holiday season?
It is no secret here on my blog that I love to bake. Plus, my girls absolutely enjoy helping me in the kitchen baking. They especially love to aid in baking Christmas cookies.
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One of the most requested cookies, my girls ask to help bake are gingerbread man cookies.
I never was big on baking cut out cookies. But a few years back, my older daughter was adamant that we bake gingerbread cookies. She was in pre-school at the time.
Wasn’t sure where this came from though. But still, she was on a gingerbread kick at this point. See she even named our Elf on the Shelf, Gingerbread at this time.
This has stuck by the way, as Gingerbread is still our elf after all these years.
But since Gingerbread the Elf is still going strong, you better believe I was asked to make more Gingerbread Cookies in his honor.
So, bake we did for Gingerbread this past weekend.
Do you want to try out our Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe?
Then check out our recipe below with our first batch made this season now…
The Best Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe
The Best Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe
Make a family fun cookies treat wth our best Gingerbread Man Cookies recipe now.
Ingredients
- 6 cups flour
- 4 tsp. ginger
- 4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. cloves
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup molasses
Instructions
Making the dough:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, and salt.
- Then in a separate large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar for a few minutes.
- Add one egg at a time mixing well after each addition.
- Thoroughly mix in the molasses.
- Stir in about a third of the dry ingredients at a time mixing well after each addition.
- Cover the bowl with saran wrap or foil and refrigerate for 2 hours (or up to 2 days).
When ready to bake:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Flour a large cutting board, and (working with 1/4 of the dough at a time) roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured work surface.
- Cut into gingerbread men shapes with 5-inch cookie cutter.
- Place 1 inch apart on un-greased baking sheets.
- Bake 12-15 minutes.
- Allow to cool 5 minutes on the pan, move to a cooling rack to cool completely, and decorate!
Nutrition Information:
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 100
In honor of Gingerbread the Elf and our cookies, I am also enclosing a FREE Elf on the Shelf printable. This printable was previously only available to my subscribers in my newsletter. But for a limited time is now available here in this article, as well.
Just click the image below to download it FREE now.
Hope you enjoy the printable and Gingerbread cookies, too!
Does your family have an elf on the shelf?
Do you like to bake cookies with your family?
Will you try our Gingerbread Man Cookies recipe this holiday season?
Now tell me in the comments…
Meredith Spidel says
What a sweet printable! And the cookies are adorable–my kids would love to make these!
Janine says
Aw, thanks once again, Meredith!!! 😉
Cynthia Sageleaf says
Yummy gingerbread cookies with delicious frosting!? No holiday is complete without at least having some of these treats at a party. Hmm…I’m having a potluck for husby’s birthday in mid-December so I think I may have to make some of these. 🙂
I admire all your baking abilities and taking the time to do them: I need to make time to do this more, too. 😉
I hope you have a wonderful week! I can’t believe it’s almost the end of 2017 already. 🙂
Sending you big hugs!
Janine says
Aw, thank you always Cyndi and I know I just can’ believe it is just about the end of 2017 now. So many hugs once again this week and hope your week is an awesome one now!! 🙂 xoxo
William Holland says
Happy Monday Janine! Oddly, I’ve never liked gingerbread cookies. Must be something wrong with my taster, or a character defect of some sort. 🙂
Janine says
No character defect and you are right just an acquired taste I suppose. Happy Monday now, Bill 🙂
Nellie says
These are SO cute and so perfect for National Cookie Day today! Thank you for this recipe. I’ve been meaning to do this, but never took the time to find a recipe 🙂
Janine says
Aw, thanks Nellie and love that this was done in time to share for National Cookie Day now. And hope you can try soon with your boys 😉
Diane Hill Roark says
Janine,
What adorable Gingerbread men! I bet your girls had a ball making them. I also love your printable.
Have a magical week!
Diane
Janine says
Aw, thanks Diane and wishing you a very magical week now, too 🙂
Jen says
Gingerbread is tricky,! This looks like a great recipe. Yum 🙂 Pinned and sharing
Janine says
Thanks for pinning and sharing. I agree about Gingerbread being tricky. Thankfully this recipe seems to work perfectly 😉
Tamara says
YUM! I love that we’re blog twins today. You know what? We should do that again!!!
I would definitely love these. The frosting is exquisite.
Janine says
Aw, thank you my blog twin and yes I agree we need to do this more often now! 🙂
joan says
janine, do you know approximately how many the batch makes . i understand about the various cookie cutters if i could have an approximate….thanks for the recipe want to use it for a church activity for christmas
Janine says
Joann, it should make 48 or 4 dozen cookies with a 5 inch cookie cutter. And so happy you are going to use this for your church activity for Christmas.
Echo says
I am totally making these! I have always wanted to make my own gingerbread!
Janine says
Yay and hope you enjoy them when you do, Echo 🙂
Mary Leigh says
These look so good! We’re having our annual gingerbread house party this weekend, and these would be perfect!
Janine says
I hope you can make for your party and thank you, Mary 🙂
Lisa says
We always make my Grandma’s white cookie recipe with cream cheese frosting on top. With your cookies, there will certainly be Christmas ‘in the air’.
Janine says
Thanks Lisa and hope you enjoy with your Grandma’s cookies, too!
AnnMarie John says
Totally nailed it! I have to give this recipe a try. We love baking our gingerbread men, and now that you’ve said yours is the best, we have to make them!
Janine says
Thanks again and hope you can make these Gingerbread Cookies soon with Madison now 🙂