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GASHTON

Reviewed: Dec. 2, 2001

Perfect!

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SISSYJANE

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2001

This is a very tasty recipe. I had a hard time w/ the dough at first, a little dry, I just wet my hands with a little water while needing, until the dough became rollable, then it was great. Careful not too overbake, or they will become rock hard! But when they are baked just right, these where very very tasy!

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JENNIFER1973

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2002

Followed this recipie to the letter and my husband says they are the most incredible gingerbread cookies he's ever had.

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STARLA_LIGHTNER

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2004

I subsituted butter for the shortening and took them out of the oven a little early (I like very soft cookies) and they were perfect!

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FRODO12345

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2005

I have had many people request this recipe. As with most cookie recipes it needed a little tweaking to get the right consistancy (a little water on your hands while kneading does the trick)but it is a great recipe.

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APPASSIONA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Buffalo, New York, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2006

I love this recipe even more so because it has NO diary--they just don't spoil and they last forever. If you don't like to eat gingerbread, decorate with them (they smell terrific) you can hang on your tree and when your hungry pick one and eat it. I got this recipe from my mother-in-law about 23 years ago. Been making it ever sice(except I don't use chocolate frosting nor any frosting). I give them as gifts and people LOVE them. The house smells incredible while I'm baking them. My kids and husband LOVE them!!! You can make them so many different ways, if you want a crunchy cookie make sure you roll the dough about an 1/8th of an inch (I prefer them that way--YUMMY!)--if you want a puffy soft cookie (like my son)roll dough 1/4 of an inch. These are the BEST gingerbread cookies. Don't know what that other person was talking about it being the worse gingerbread cookie--they are VERY wrong!!! TIP: use exactly 7 cups of flour and 2/3rds of water--no more--when rolling out dough make sure you flour your hands and dough a bit--it works PERFECT. Don't use water on your hands or on the dough-- when you bake then--ROCK hard cookies. Yikes! Follow the directions exactly--and you will be fine.

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Jayne

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2006

One more recipe in my quest for the perfect gingerbread man recipe. These were great. They were fairly easy to cut out (I always cut out cookies after rolling between two sheets of wax paper) and they puffed up nicely. They made a dense and tasty cookie. Not the best recipe I've used, but pretty darn good.

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SUGARPLUMSCOOKIES

Cooking Level: Professional

Living In: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2007

This is a long-time favorite in my family - I had it scribbled on the back of a 4-yr-old receipt, and searched to see if it had been published by anyone else and here it is. BUT the chocolate frosting is not included in my recipe (I would never add that, but that's just my preference). Instead, we glaze it with a confectioner's sugar and lemon juice/rind glaze.

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GRAPESWHIZ

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 21, 2008

I followed the recipe but substituted the molasses with golden syrup (I didnt have any molasses)and shortening with butter - the cookies turned out great and have a lovely taste! This is the second time Ive made gingerbread in my short time spent cooking and I was impressed at how well they turned out! This is the recipe Im definately going to use whenever I make gingerbread! Thank you!

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