Gingerbread Men

Photo by Oxmoor House

Ingredients

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

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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