Gingerbread Men

Photo by Oxmoor House

Ingredients

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

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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