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🍞Lois's Gingerbread Boys

Ben

by Ben (@Ben Silver)

Classic gingerbread cookies with royal icing decoration

13 ingredients11 steps1 serving4247.5 cal/serving
VegetarianNut-FreeHigh Protein

Nutrition and dietary information is automatically estimated and may contain errors. Not a substitute for professional dietary advice. Always verify ingredients if you have allergies or restrictions.

Prep: 180 minCook: 12 min
Servings

Ingredients

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Cookies

  • 0.5 cupbutter
  • 0.5 cupwhite sugar
  • 0.5 cupmolasses
  • 0.25 cupwater
  • 2.5 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 0.75 tspsalt
  • 0.5 tspbaking soda
  • 0.75 tsppowdered ginger
  • 0.25 tspnutmeg
  • 0.13 tspallspice

Royal Icing

  • 4 cupsicing sugar
  • 0.5 tspcream of tartar
  • 3egg whites

Instructions

Cookies

  1. 1Cream the butter and sugar.
  2. 2Blend in molasses, water, flour, salt, soda, ginger, nutmeg and allspice.
  3. 3Cover and chill 2-3 hours.
  4. 4Heat oven to 375 F.
  5. 5Roll dough 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured counter top.
  6. 6Cut with gingerbread boy cutter; place on ungreased baking sheet.
  7. 7Bake 10-12 minutes.
  8. 8Cool and decorate with royal icing.

Royal Icing

  1. 1In bowl, sift together icing sugar and cream of tartar.
  2. 2Using electric mixer, beat in egg whites; beat for 7 to 10 minutes or until thick enough to hold its shape.
  3. 3Pipe design with #4 icing tip.
Nutrition Facts
Valeur nutritive
Per 1 serving
pour 1 serving
% Daily Value*
% valeur quotidienne*
Calories 4247.5
Fat / Lipides 92.1 g123 %
Saturated / saturés 57.5 g306 %
+ Trans 3.7 g
Cholesterol / Cholestérol 244 mg81 %
Sodium 2089.5 mg91 %
Carbohydrate / Glucides 1006.3 g366 %
Fibre / Fibres 8.8 g31 %
Sugars / Sucres 896 g896 %
Protein / Protéines 50.8 g
Potassium 1087.5 mg32 %
Calcium 312.5 mg24 %
Vitamin D / Vitamine D
Iron / Fer 12.5 mg69 %

*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot

*5% ou moins c'est peu, 15% ou plus c'est beaucoup

Nutrition values are AI-estimated and may not be exact. See disclaimer below.

Disclaimer

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