Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2003

These gingerbread men are not for the faint of heart. In fact, I make my with blackstrap molasses in order to make them even spicier. I make these at Christmas time, and every year, before baking time comes, I get requests, in order to make sure that they'll appear on the plates I make up. This recipe is great if you like your gingerbread to be of the more old-fashioned variety rather than the sweet. I'm so very glad that I found this recipe. It's a wonderful tradition now in our house!

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FIRSTTIGER

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2005

I added cinnamon to make them spicier, and applesauce in the place of some molasses. I forgot to chill the dough, which didn't seem to have too much of an adverse effect. A word of caution: the cookies came out of the oven squishy after 12 minutes, but hardened a ton as they cooled.

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Abigail

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: New York, New York, USA

Living In: Burlington, Vermont, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2005

WOW! These came out great as a gluten free cookie! We used 2c soy flour and 1 1/2 c white rice flour. Awesome! Stuck the dough in the freezer for about 20 minutes and it worked fantastically! Easy to cut too, we did them by hand and with a little flour dusting every now and again and a clean knife, it was really easy to work. Will definitely make these again, and again! :)

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KIKU333

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2006

love this! the only good, easy, chewy gingerbread recipe i ever found!

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tanya!

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2006

This recipe was great! I really enjoyed making my first batch of gingerbread men with my 2 year old daughter. I used parchment paper instead of greasing the pan and didn't burn a single cookie! I will use this simple recipe year after year.

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jbds

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2006

These are the way I remembered them as a child. I love this recipe. Thanks.

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cdagirl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2006

This was easy and they turned out great! I followed the recipe exactly. My 5yr old had a blast decorating - and now eating - them!

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SUZBURAK

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Rockford, Illinois, USA

Living In: Carrollton, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2006

I love this recipe and my kids love it too. i only put 1/2 tsp of ginger in it though because i do not like it too strong. it is VERY easy to make too!

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Cindy

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2006

D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!! We're eating them as we type (with one hand). For the topping we (Jess) found the Royal Icing III... highly recommended! We couldn't wait the recommended 24 hours to chill the cookies, so we stuck them in the freezer for 10 minutes... I think 15 minutes would have worked better... but the cookies were awesome, no ill-side effects to the freezer treatment. This is our new gingerbread cookie recipe!

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