Gingerbread Mummies
Gingerbread Mummies might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre repertoire. One serving contains 216 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat. This recipe serves 18. For 30 cents per serving, this recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 40 people have tried and liked this recipe. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. It is brought to you by Foodista. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up butter, milk, ground nutmeg, and a few other things to make it today. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 21%. This score is rather bad. Gingerbread Mummies, Marshmallow Mummies, and Yummy Mummies are very similar to this recipe.
Diets
Ingredients
butter
0.5 cup
all purpose flour
2.5 cups
granulated sugar
0.5 cup
molasses
0.5 cup
egg
1 large
balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon
baking powder
1 teaspoon
ground ginger
1 teaspoon
baking soda
0.5 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoon
ground cloves
0.5 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
0.5 teaspoon
kosher salt
0.25 teaspoon
powdered sugar
2 cups
vanilla extract
0.5 teaspoon
milk
2 tablespoons
Cooking in Steps
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1In a bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until light and fluffy.
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2In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ground ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
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nutmeg
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salt
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3Add the sugar to the butter and beat until light and fluffy. Turn the mixer to low and mix in the molasses, egg and balsamic vinegar. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the bowl and continue mixing until thoroughly combined.
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4Cover and chill about 2 hours or until the dough is easy to handle.
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5Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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6Divide the dough in half and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
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7Roll each half of the dough to 1/4" thickness adding flour as needed, the dough is very sticky so use flour liberally to prevent your cutouts from sticking to the surface.
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8Using cookie cutters, cut dough into shapes and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment approximately 1" apart.
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9Bake in a 400 degree oven for 5-6 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for one minute and move to a wire rack.
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10In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk.
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11Whisk to combine. Spoon mixture into a pastry bag or zip top bag and snip off the tip.
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12Add two small dots of icing where the eyes should be and then press one eye on each dot. Decorate the mummies using a zig-zag pattern across the surface of the cookie and allow to dry for 2-4 hours or overnight.
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icing
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13Store in an airtight container.