Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2012

Great recipe. Easy for young children to help with. Double up (or more) on all the spices - except cloves. Chill for 2 hours to reduce stickiness, and roll between sheets of wax paper. It was not super spicy (even though I doubled the spices), but great for most kids' palettes. I am not a frequent baker, yet I found this easy to make, and got rave reviews.

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NomadGirl

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

this is the best!!!

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ariel_wd

Living In: Rochester, New York, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2012

These are my most favorite gingerbread men ever! They have the perfect amount of spice to them. I have tried several other recipes on here over the years and these have become a Christmas tradition. My entire family begs for them over the holidays. I follow the recipe to a T!

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Kcrawford13

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Kissimmee, Florida, USA

Living In: Thornton, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2012

I made these as Christmas gifts. They were really good and got compliments from the recipients.

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ANGELAHAIRE

Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2012

They are no joke spicy, the cloves are really potent, the dough was sticky and hard to manage, the taste was overall decent, I made this recipe along with other recipes for trial and error purposes, though it was okay I wouldn't remake them

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chinibear

Reviewed: Jan. 17, 2012

Best gingerbread I have ever had. I used an all purpose glutten free flour and added some extra margarine

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DWhyne

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2012

Great recipe, didn't have to change a thing! The cookies where evenly flavored not to spicy not to sweet and the cookies came out soft, everyone loves them! Thanks for sharing your recipe !!)

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kate

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

These turned out perfect.

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DANIELLE BEATTY

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Davenport, Iowa, USA

Living In: Ankeny, Iowa, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

Don't let the name scare you. These are NOT spicy! They have just the right amount of spice IMO. I've never made gingerbread cookies before, so I followed the recipe EXACTLY and had no problems with the dough or the taste. The only thing I would do differently, is not bake them so long. They came out a little crispier then I like my cookies to be. That's why I gave it 4 stars.

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journeyseeker

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Portland, Oregon, USA

Living In: Boise, Idaho, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

Yummy! We've made this a New Year's Day tradition--making a huge gingerbread man and decorating him together--and then of course eating him! This gingerbread is lovely--tender, sweet and very spicy! This is the first recipe I picked from allrecipes.com, and I don't feel the need to ever try any of the other recipes--I got perfection on the first one!

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