Gingerbread Men

Photo by Oxmoor House

Ingredients

2 teaspoons cinnamon
5 cups all-purpose flour
Raisins, chocolate chips, sprinkles, colored sugar and candies
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules, moistened with tap water
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup dark molasses
+ 5 more ingredients
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening

Cream together first 6 ingredients. Add sugar and molasses and continue to beat. Add beaten eggs, coffee and 3 or 4 cups of flour and continue to beat. Add remaining flour and mix by hand. (Dough will be very stiff.) Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Flatten ...

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