Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, gingerbread man with royal icing. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingerbread man with royal icing using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing:
- Take Cookies:
- Get 3 cups all purpose flour
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 3/4 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 tbsp ground ginger
- Take 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Get 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- Prepare 6 tbsp (85 gr) unsalted butter
- Get 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- Take 1 large egg
- Prepare 1/2 cup molases
- Take 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Take Royal icing:
- Take 110 gr icing sugar
- Get 8 gr meringue powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or almond or lemon)
- Get 30-35 ml warm water
It's easy to work with, sets quickly, and won't break your teeth when it dries. There are many ways to prepare royal icing and my favorite method is with meringue powder. Meringue powder takes the place of raw egg whites, which. Eggless ginger bread men cookies & fruit cake are the ones that flash in my mind whenever I think about Christmas recipes.
Steps to make Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing:
- Preheat oven at 375°F (190°C)
- Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves. Sift and set aside
- Using hand mixer with medium-high speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add the egg in and continue mixing until combined.
- Add in molases and vanilla extract, keep mixing with medium speed until combined.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients. Mix until no visible flour. Put the cookie dough inside a clingwrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least 1hour.
- Let the dough out from the fridge, and roll the dough on lightly flour countertop. Roll until about ¼inch thick and cut the dough using gingerbread man mold.
- Put on a baking tray and bake for 8-10minutes. Let cool.
- Royal icing: combine icing sugar, meringue powder, extract, and 30ml warm water in a medium bowl. Using hand mixer with high speed beat until stiff. If the icing too thick, add about 1tsp warm water and continue mixing for 1minute. Divide the icing and add food coloring. The icing is ready to use.
- Decorate the cookies with royal icing and set aside until the icing is hardened.
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