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Speaker:¬¬ Every holiday kitchen needs a Ginger Bread Cookie recipe. First in a large bowl mix together five cups of flour and two table spoons of ground ginger. One and a half tea spoons of baking soda, one tea spoon of ground cloves, and a half a tea spoon of salt.

Now, in a mixer bowl with a flat beater attached, add one cup of granulated sugar and one cup of shortening. Set to speed 4 until its light and fluffy. Beat in one egg, one cup of molasses and two table spoons of vinegar. Now reduce the speed to stir and mix in the flour mixture in three additions.

Divide the dough into three disks, and wrap-up plastic. Refrigerate the dough for at least one hour. Now to prepare the frosting, place six table spoons of butter in a mixer bowl with a flat beater attached and set to speed 4. Beat until smooth and creamy. Reduce the speed and mix in four and half cups of confectioner's sugar in two additions.

You can also add the whipping cream as necessary to make a smooth frosting. Now also add one tea spoon of vanilla. Fetch this frosting aside. Pre heat your oven to 375 degrees. Flour your work surface and your rolling pin as well. Work with one disk at a time. You will want to roll out your dough to an eighth of an inch thickness.

Using a cookie cutter cut out your shapes. Place them at least two inches apart on a baking sheet. The cookies will take about 5 minutes to cook. And then you can transfer them to a cooling rack. Make sure they are completely cooled before frosting them and then you can dress your ginger bread men and women as you like so that they look their best for their party. Don't be shy. Put your party dress on.

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Speaker:¬¬ Every holiday kitchen needs a Ginger Bread Cookie recipe. First in a large bowl mix together five cups of flour and two table spoons of ground ginger. One and a half tea spoons of baking soda, one tea spoon of ground cloves, and a half a tea spoon of... click to read more