This recipe has become a Christmas tradition in our family. My kids would never eat more tradition gingerbread men but they absolutely love these. I roll them out a little thicker and get a perfect and soft cookie every time (just don't overbake). I make a traditonal icing out of confectioners sugar, light corn syrup, milk and I add about a tsp of lemon extract. I find the slight hint of lemon in the icing works very well with the flavor of the cookie. We'll keep making these year after year.

My 4 year old son loved the cookies. Thanks for making it so easy and so delicious. They taste like candy.

I used this recipe this winter when my kids and I had a Gingerbread house decorating party. I tested two different recipes on my kids before the party and this one won. It is a mild gingerbread so kids love it.

I made these cookies for my friend (who is a canadian top chef), and he absolutely loved the cookies!!! They are so easy to make, and yummy!!!

These are the BEST gingerbread men I have ever tasted! I used the butterscotch pudding and it was amazing. To the readers that have trouble mixing it: just keep mixing. Eventually it will become the right consistency. There is no need to add additional liquid. These cookies have secured their place on my Christmas cookies list! I also used M&M minis for the eyes and red hots for the buttons, and they made my cookies adorable but didn't take away from the gingerbread flavor. Thanks for sharing!

I would make them a little thicker than 1/4", but they were fabulous!!! They got rave reviews from family and friends.

Eh. I wasn't crazy about the flavor of these. They looked cute, but I probably won't make these again.

I made this for a Kindergarten class, and the kids ate it up! The other teachers, too, couldn't stop raving about it and all of them asked me for the recipe. It's easy and delicious.

these were the best. i cant stop making them.

Ugh this recipe was a pain. It was easy to get all the ingredients together but I was having a hard time getting the baking time right. I made two whole batches and I think my last couple trays of cookies were okay, but there were countless burned ones and undercooked ones. It was hard to tell when they were "just right" until they were cooled. I'm just making the traditional ones next year.

This recipe made Christmas extra special for me and my grandchildren. These cookies were easy to make. I didn't make the royal icing in time so they didn't have all the trimmings, but they had the cinnamon candy buttons. We loved them! This was the first time we ever had homemade gingerbread cookies at our Christmas gathering. Thanks so much, Kim.

My son and I made the recipe as stated and it turned out perfect and delicious. Way better than trying to make them the old way...they had a nice flaver.

I made this with my siblings, younger cousins, and boyfriend and it was fun to make. I did have a problem with the fact that it didn't stick together, but we added extra water (1 tablespoon at a time- couldn't have been more than 4 tablespoons) and let my fellow youngin's get a try at rolling the dough out and cutting out the shapes with the cookie cutter. No one wanted to eat them because they were so adorable after decorating them with gumdrops, M&M's, Mini Kisses, and different colored icing. We had so much fun food coloring the icing! Eventually, everyone got a taste of them and gobbled them up. We didn't get many cookies though. Next time will make more batches at a time.

Very, very good! I've never made gingerbread men before so I was sort of scared but these turned out fab-u-lous. I am so totally making them next year too!!!

Best gingerbread cookies we have ever had. The whole family loved them.

my 7 yr old wanted to leave santa gingerbread men for xmas...santa doesn't like traditional gingerbread men & nether does my son BUT...they bothed loved these cookies so much & i was relieved how well it rolled out & was easy to work with..THANK YOU!

Awesome! Best Gingerbread Ever! Not at all like concrete, soft and chewy, delicious! Will probably add a bit more Ginger next time and maybe some cloves!