Puddin' Head Gingerbread Men
"This is a great gingerbread cookie recipe. A little less strong than the traditional recipes, this contains no molasses and has butterscotch pudding mix in it. Goes great with the light lemony decorating icing."
photo by yogiclarebear
- Ready In:
- 36mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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30 4inch cookies
ingredients
- 118.29 ml butter, softened
- 118.29 ml firmly packed brown sugar
- 96.38 g package regular butterscotch pudding mix
- 1 large egg
- 354.88 ml flour
- 2.46 ml baking soda
- 7.39 ml ground ginger
- 2.46 ml ground cinnamon
- 473.18 ml powdered sugar
- 29.58 ml frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- water
- assorted decorative candies (optional)
directions
- Cream butter, brown sugar and pudding mix.
- Add egg and beat well.
- Combine flour, baking soda, ginger and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture and chill.
- Roll part of chilled dough out on floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut with 4-inch gingerbread man cookie cutter.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake in 350° oven for 6-8 minutes.
- Remove from cookie sheet to rack and cool.
- Mix powdered sugar, lemonade concentrate and enough water to make of spreading consistency.
- Frost cookies or use pastry tube.
- Decorate with candies if desired.
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Reviews
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I've been making gingerbread this way for the last couple years. I originally found the recipe on another website, and since then my poor bottle of molasses has been sitting on the shelf unused ;-). They're easy to mix up and roll out. I like that the flavor isn't quite as strong as some molasses-based gingerbread seems to be in my opinion. They still have a good amount of spice though, and I don't particularly taste the butterscotch. Mine always turn out on the crunchy side, but that's how I like them. I've never tried them with the lemon glaze. Thanks for posting!!! These are permanently part of my holiday baking! -
These cookies are simple and delicious! We did not make the lemon glaze -- we used store-bought icing tubes to decorate. I am very impressed by how positively received the cookies are by all family members. We have never even thought about making gingerbread before! I'm sure we will use this recipe again in the future. Our batch made more like 24 cookies, but the first ones were not rolled as thinly as later ones. -
Great great great! This was so easy, and my family liked the taste a lot. I used a box of sugar and fat free instant butterscotch pudding, and it worked out great. I also used only an egg white, as well as white whole wheat flour. The icing was great too. Thanks a million Karen! -
The only reason I would not rate this higher is that I prefer a stronger tasting cookie. If you like a milder tasting ginger cookie this is perfect. I also needed to bake for almost twice the time - not sure if this is my oven though. It tasted much better when cooked longer - it became crunchy and didn't taste quite so strongly of butterscotch pudding. -
These are awesome cookies! My entire family devours them anytime I bake them. I always have to double the recipe. I once had to make them with vanilla pudding, and they still turned out perfectly. Rather than icing them, we decorate with sprinkles, chocolate chips, and cinnamon candies. Thanks for a great recipe!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
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Sharon Hill, 0
<p>I live in Pa (outside of Philadelphia) and cooking, baking, cross-stitching and reading are my hobbies. <br /> <br />I collect cookbooks and cookie stamps/cutters and have a pretty big collection of both. I am also a fan of all things Amish, so I have quite a collection of things picked up in Reading, Lancaster and surrounding areas here in Pennsylvania. <br /> <br />I have 4 kids, who are the loves of my life and cooking for them and my husband keeps me on my toes! ;) <br /> <br />We bought an ice cream parlor in March 04 and it's been quite an experience! <br /> <br />Note: I love getting feedback on my recipes; all I ask is that you actually *make* them before reviewing them. <br /> <br />Also, if you make changes or substitutions, I'd love to see your suggestions and/or comments, but I'd appreciate no rating at all if it's not made as posted. Too many recipe reviews state margarine subbed for butter (if I list butter, it's REAL butter), different spices, low-fat ingredients, whole wheat flour instead of white, etc. The recipes will not work/taste as intended, so it's really not fair to rate them as such. <br /> <br />I'd also really appreciate it if you refrain from rating a recipe if you overcook or overbake it or it you don't refrigerate or store as listed. <br /> <br />I, of course, will adhere to the above when rating recipes, too! <br /> <br />Thanks and have a great day! <br /> <br />My Rating System: <br /> <br />***** A delicious recipe that was thoroughly enjoyed. It has excellent, detailed directions and is perfect as is. If a dish is especially easy, and I'm on the fence, I will give it 5* for ease even if it's very good instead of great. Something I will definitely make again. <br /> <br />**** Excellent recipe but confusing directions that I will make again in my own less confusing way OR Very good recipe that I'll probably make again if I find the time! <br /> <br />*** Good/OK recipe but probably not something I would make again OR Very Good recipe that doesn't have clear, detailed directions. <br /> <br />** Recipe was edible but not really enjoyed and will not be made again. Work involved not a good trade-off for the end result. <br /> <br />* Not edible and probably an error in the recipe. I feel that I pick recipes with ingredients our family likes, so in my opinion, there's an error somewhere. If there's a chance I made the error, I won't rate the recipe. ;) <br /> <br /><img src=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/lauralie41/swapbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <br /> <br /><a href=http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=cookieswapparticip.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/cookieswapparticip.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/honey-pot-print-c10069558.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /> <br /><a href=http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=09holidayparticipationbanner.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/09holidayparticipationbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a></p>
