Gingerbread Cookies

I'm pretty sure I mentioned in a previous post how obsessed Abbie is currently with the Gingerbread Man on our Christmas Tree.  Well I don't really like sweets sitting around the house too often because I don't have self  control about anything dessert related, but come on...it's Christmas, and I have a kid now.  Everyone knows how much fun making Christmas cookies with your family is.  So we opted for making these delicious Gingerbread Cut Out Cookies.  They were perfect and really not your true Gingerbread cookie.  They were more of a sugar cookie with a hint of ginger and cinnamon.  Absolutely perfect and delicious!

Gingerbread Cookies 

(Submitted by Kim (footballgrl16 on allrecipes.com)

1 (3.5oz pkg) of 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 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

Directions

1. Cream together pudding mix, butter, and sugar until smooth.
2. Stir in the egg.  Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon and stir into the pudding mixture.  Cover and chill dough until firm.
3. Preheat oven to 350 F.  Grease baking sheet and roll out dough on a lightly floured area until it is about 1/8 inch thick.  Cut into shapes using cookie cutters of your choice.  Place cookies 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes in preheated oven or until cookies are golden brown.
5. Cool on wire racks.
6. Once cool, frost using your favorite butter cream frosting.  I found that mine looked much prettier when I used my decorator tip for detailing on the cookies.

We may or may not have gotten in a flour fight....pretty sure I started it :) 

Rolling some dough, cutting some cookies, and eating some frosting!

Enjoying some cookies with Dad

Pretty little Gingerbread Men!

Do you have a favorite Christmas cookie recipe?  Please share your favorites and links to recipes if you have them!

Blessings,