Gingerbread Reindeer
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Loving these fun Gingerbread Reindeer. Creative Kid’s Food Craft using a Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter. Tutorial and recipe below. If you have a gingerbread cutter, consider as well these classic Gingerbread Men Cookies made with Butterscotch Pudding!
Ingredients:
Cookies:
- 2 cup Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 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
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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 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 color is uniform.
- Transfer 2/3 of icing to piping bag or zippered bag.
- Add black food coloring to remaining icing and whip until color is uniform.
- Transfer remaining icing to 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.
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Last Updated on December 6, 2014 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living