Little Gingerbread Men
I have been baking all morning, and I’m LOVING it! I made tons of lovely little gingerbread men for gifts.
I used a Martha Stewart recipe for both the gingerbread cookies and the Royal Icing.
The icing was amazing. It was thicker than my favorite cupcake icing recipe, and it dried hard.
Do you know how hard it was not to shove that icing straight into my mouth!?
I basically made myself a little army of gingerbread men — over 60 cookies in total!
The trick is you have to let the dough freeze for about 30 minutes. It also helps to stick the roller and the cookie sheets in the freezer, too.
Once the men are on the cookie sheet, place it back in the fridge for another 15 minutes before baking (yes, it’s a long process!).
Once everyone was iced and cool, I package the men into little plastic bags.
I also made Stars and Christmas Trees.
I ended up eating one gingerbread man, one star, and LOADS of raw batter! 
While cooking, I snacked on Honey Bunches of Oats cereal….
And afterwards, I had a light lunch of salad and a piece of WW bread with cheddar cheese.
I had a lighter lunch because honestly…. I feel like I got my fair share of gingerbread-related calories this AM!
It was fun to do a baking spree. I love that recipe and will definitely use it again next year!
Off to the gym! See you for dinner.
Posted by: Caitlin 24 comments
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
GREAT work! They look just perfect! Glad you enjoyed the baking
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:05 pm
You did a great job! Very fun baking excursion! Enjoy the gym!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Those cookies look so good! Great job!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
twins once again…. i also baked gingerbread men… actually, they ended up being gingerbread leaves because those were the only cookie cutters i had. only i haven’t eaten any yet… i was saving them for later indulgences.
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I LOVE your gingerbread cookies!!!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
GINERBREAD MEN GALORE!!!!!!!!! My favorite Christmas cookie
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Beautiful cookies!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Cute cookies! My sister and I saw some in the grocery store yesterday that were called “Gingerbread Gentleman.” I thought that was sweet.
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I really enjoyed reading the story of your DQ. I can’t imagine how difficult and scary your first open water swim was! I would totally freak out. I don’t even like running in certain places that look like “alligator territory” when I am in FL!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Ooo I’m baking cookies tonight!
May I ask how did you pipe the icing onto your cookies? Ziplock bag?
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm
lida- twins again! gingerbread leaves sound good, too
runeatrepeat – aww thanks.
anon – i use a piping bag with a piping tip, but you can always just put the icing in a ziploc bag and cut a tiny tip off one of the corners. the royal icing recipe i used was so dense and thick that i broke FOUR piping bags while making the cookies!!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
OH MY – they should go in Martha’s magazine! They’re gorgeous!!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Thank you for the Gingerbread men! They were really yummy! My family immediately ate up all of the ones you sent me home with.
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
those are amazing looking! what a nice gift to get!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
All those cookies are too cute! Good work, and gosh, there are sure a ton of them.
You’ve been a baking machine!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 4:31 pm
those gingerbread men are adorable! haha an “army”
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Those cookies are cute! IS that a Foodbuzz spatula?
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
aww your gingerbread people look so cute and yummy!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Very cute. I am sure everyone will enjoy them.
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
These are so cute. They look professional. I love how you individually wrapped them.
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I love all your cute gingerbread men! It’s like a little army of friends…that you can eat!
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on Dec 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Those gingerbread men are *almost* too cute to eat!
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on Dec 24th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Your cookies turned out great! Mine always end up looking too puffy and not like men at all.
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on Dec 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
amanda – i think the key is putting the cut cookies back into the fridge on the cookie sheet for another 15 minutes
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