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gluten-free gingerbread men cookies decorated with white icing in a wide horizontal shot, lined up on a parchment-lined tray with cinnamon sticks and a red ribbon on a festive table, natural light, shallow depth of field, landscape orientation

Gluten-Free Gingerbread Men

Gingerbread cut-outs that have a snap and can stand up to royal icing as well as pack icing and a careful build.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2.5 cups gluten-free flour blend
  • 0.5 cup butter softened
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar
  • 0.33 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 0.5 tsp baking soda

Method
 

  1. Cream the butter and brown sugar, then beat in the molasses and egg.
  2. Whisk the gluten-free flour, ginger, cinnamon, and baking soda together.
  3. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet until a stiff dough forms.
  4. Chill 1 hour, then roll out and cut into gingerbread men.
  5. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes until set at the edges.
  6. Cool completely, then decorate with royal icing.

Notes

A full hour of chilling keeps the shapes crisp.