Check out these Easy Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies if you are looking for fun Gingerbread Recipes for Christmas!
Easy Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies
Make these Easy Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies for your Christmas Parties at Home, School, or Work! This is a great Christmas Cookie to make with kids and let them help you decorate them! Also it could be a fun idea for a Christmas Cookie Decorating Party! Plus, be sure to check out even more Christmas Recipes and Crafts this Holiday Season!
Easy Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies
INGREDIENTS:
Cookies:
2 cup Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Ginger
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
1/3 cup melted Shortening
1/3 cup Molasses
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
8 tsp Water
1 egg
1/4 tsp Vanilla
18 red M&M’s or Red Hot candies
Icing:
2 Egg whites
3 cup Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Corn Syrup
Brown Food coloring
Black Food coloring
DIRECTIONS:
Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.
Beat together shortening, molasses, water, egg, brown sugar, and vanilla until blended.
Slowly stir in the dry mixture until completely absorbed.
Divide dough in half.
Flatten each, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours.
Preheat oven to 350.
Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Flour work surface.
Roll dough out to 1/4″ thickness.
Cut out gingerbread men and place 1″ apart on prepared sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until they look dry.
Move to a wire rack to cool.
Combine egg whites and corn syrup and whip on high until foamy.
Slowly add powdered sugar whipping until shiny and soft peaks form.
Add brown coloring and whip until the color is uniform,
Transfer 2/3 of icing to a piping bag or zippered bag.
Add black food coloring to remaining icing and whip until the color is uniform.
Transfer remaining icing to a piping bag or zippered bag.
Turn gingerbread men upside down and pipe brown to form face and ears as shown.
Place red M&M or Red Hot candy for nose.
Place 2 black dots for eyes.
Pipe black to show inside of ears and mouth.
Pipe black antlers.
(Yield about 18 cookies)
Easy Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies!
Check out these Easy Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies if you are looking for fun Gingerbread Recipes for Christmas!
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 2 cup Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Ginger
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
- 1/3 cup melted Shortening
- 1/3 cup Molasses
- 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 8 tsp Water
- 1 egg
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla
- 18 red M&M's or Red Hot candies
Icing:
- 2 Egg whites
- 3 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp Corn Syrup
- Brown Food coloring
- Black Food coloring
Instructions
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.
- Beat together shortening, molasses, water, egg, brown sugar, and vanilla until blended.
- Slowly stir in the dry mixture until completely absorbed.
- Divide dough in half.
- Flatten each, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Flour work surface.
- Roll dough out to 1/4" thickness.
- Cut out gingerbread men and place 1" apart on prepared sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until they look dry.
- Move to a wire rack to cool.
- Combine egg whites and corn syrup and whip on high until foamy.
- Slowly add powdered sugar whipping until shiny and soft peaks form.
- Add brown coloring and whip until the color is uniform,
- Transfer 2/3 of icing to a piping bag or zippered bag.
- Add black food coloring to remaining icing and whip until the color is uniform.
- Transfer remaining icing to a piping bag or zippered bag.
- Turn gingerbread men upside down and pipe brown to form face and ears as shown.
- Place red M&M or Red Hot candy for nose.
- Place 2 black dots for eyes.
- Pipe black to show inside of ears and mouth.
- Pipe black antlers.
Notes
Yield about 18 cookies
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 433Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 71mgCarbohydrates: 72gFiber: 2gSugar: 57gProtein: 4g
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