You’ll Need
½ cup (1 stick) butter
½ cup brown sugar
3¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
¾ cup molasses
¼ cup water
Mini hard-covered chocolate candies
Hard cinnamon candies
Decorator frosting
Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350˚ Fahrenheit and lightly grease a cookie sheet.
2 Cream together butter and sugar in a large bowl.
3 Combine flour, salt, soda, and spices in separate bowl. Then gradually add flour mixture, molasses, and water to creamed butter. Mix thoroughly.
4 Chill for an hour or more in refrigerator.
5 On floured surface, roll dough to ¼-inch thick and, using a knife, cut out gingerbread men. Get creative and make snowboarders, surfers, or other wacky gingerbread men.
6 Place dough cutouts on cookie sheet. Use candies to give gingerbread men eyes and mouths.
7 Bake at 350˚ for 12–15 minutes.
8 Remove from oven and place on cooling rack. When cookies are cool, use frosting to add hair, clothes, and hats.