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Gingerbread People
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Yield: about 2 dozen
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| 1 cup (2 sticks) | unsalted butter, room temperature |
| 1 cup | firmly packed dark-brown sugar |
| 1 large | egg |
| 1/2 cup | unsulfured molasses |
| 2 1/4 teaspoons | ground cinnamon |
| 2 teaspoons | ground ginger |
| 1 teaspoon | ground allspice |
| 1 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1/4 teaspoon | salt |
| 4 cups | all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface |
* Sanding sugar and miniature candies, for decorating
Directions
1. Beat butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer on high speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg; mix well. Beat in molasses, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, baking soda, and salt. Reduce speed to low, and add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing until incorporated.
2. Divide dough into quarters; shape into disks and wrap in plastic. Chill until firm, about 3 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees with racks in upper and lower thirds. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out 1 disk of dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out cookies, rolling out any scraps and additional disks as needed until you have about 24 people. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart. With remaining dough, cut out additional shapes to make clothes, jewelry, and hair as desired. Dress cookies, then chill 20 minutes.
4. Bake cookies 2 sheets at a time, 7 minutes; rotate sheets top to bottom and front to back, and continue baking until cookies are firm when touched, 6 to 8 minutes more. Let cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; let cool completely. Decorate cookies as desired.
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