Enid Blyton Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
Freshly Baked Cookies!
Servings Prep Time
24cookies 20mins
Cook Time
10mins
Servings Prep Time
24cookies 20mins
Cook Time
10mins
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Take a large bowl and mix together flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt.
  2. In another big bowl, beat the butter and brown sugar with a hand blender till the mixture is light and fluffy.
  3. To this, add molasses, egg and vanilla.
  4. Mix this in as well and then little by little beat in the flour mixture.
  5. Take the dough and turn it into a flat disk and wrap this in a cling film.
  6. Keep the dough the refrigerator for a minimum 4 hours.
  7. Preheat the oven to 350°F and meanwhile sprinkle some flour on the work surface and roll out the dough.
  8. The thickness should be of 1/4 inch.
  9. Cut out the cookies into gingerbread man shapes using a palette knife or a cookie cutter.
  10. Place the cookies on a baking sheets and bake them for about 8 to 10 minutes.
  11. Let them be on the sheet for another two minutes for cooling and then cool them completely on wire racks.
  12. Decorate with the icing of your choice or have them the way it is.