Ingredients
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2/3 cup of butter
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1/2 cup of white sugar
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2 teaspoons of ginger
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1 teaspoon of cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
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1 unbeaten egg
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3/4 cup of molasses
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3 cups of flour
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1 teaspoon of baking powder
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1 teaspoon of baking soda
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Additional sugar for coating
Icing:
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2 cups of sifted icing sugar
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1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
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2 tablespoons of whole milk
Directions
- In a food processor, mix the butter, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, egg, and molasses.
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the food processor, a bit at a time, until a dough forms.
- Remove dough from food processor and refrigerate for two hours for better handling.
Icing:
- In small bowl, whisk together icing sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Spoon mixture into pastry bag.
Ginger mummies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Roll out dough and using cookie cutters, cut out gingerbread men. Place cookies on greased cookie sheet and bake for eight to ten minutes.
- Once cookies are baked and cool, decorate mummies by placing candy eyes using icing. Then, use icing in a zigzag pattern, make mummy strips. Let cookies dry before eating.
