Ninjabread Men!
Today my mom invented something AWESOME!
NINJABREAD MEN!! Photo credit: @ninjarunner
Here’s our family recipe for Gingerbread cookies, passed down from my great aunt.
- 2.5 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp cloves
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1.5 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons molasses
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and molasses. Mix dry ingredients and combine with the wet ingredients. Chill dough. Roll and cut into shapes. Chill shapes on pan before baking so they don’t spread too much.
Bake @ 400 F for 5-8 minutes
Yield 3-4 dozen cookies.
Now….to turn some cookies into NINJABREAD men you need to add some green food colouring to a portion of dough, and decorate the finished cookies with coloured royal icing.
Royal Icing Recipe
1/4 cup meringue powder
1/2 cup water
4 cups sifted powdered sugar, perhaps 1/2 cup more
In large beater bowl, mix meringue powder with water. Beat until it peaks. Add the 4 cups powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy, adding up to 1/2 cup more for desired stiffness.
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