gingerbread men

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 37 mins


• in a medium bowl, cream together the dry butterscotch pudding mix, butter, and brown sugar until smooth. stir in the egg. combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon; stir into the pudding mixture. cover, and chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.
• preheat the oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease baking sheets. on a floured board, roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into man shapes using a cookie cutter. place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
• bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden at the edges. cool on wire racks.