Simple Way to Prepare Favorite Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingerbread man with royal icing using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing:

1. Take Cookies:
2. Get 3 cups all purpose flour
3. Get 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4. Take 3/4 tsp baking soda
5. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
6. Take 1 tbsp ground ginger
7. Take 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
8. Get 1/4 tsp ground cloves
9. Prepare 6 tbsp (85 gr) unsalted butter
10. Prepare 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
11. Get 1 large egg
12. Make ready 1/2 cup molases
13. Take 2 tsp vanilla extract
14. Prepare Royal icing:
15. Make ready 110 gr icing sugar
16. Make ready 8 gr meringue powder
17. Take 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or almond or lemon)
18. Take 30-35 ml warm water

Instructions to make Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing:

1. Preheat oven at 375°F (190°C)
2. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves. Sift and set aside
3. 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.
4. Add in molases and vanilla extract, keep mixing with medium speed until combined.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Put on a baking tray and bake for 8-10minutes. Let cool.
8. 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.
9. Decorate the cookies with royal icing and set aside until the icing is hardened.

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