6. Roll out the dough using a rolling pin (lightly floured) until about 0.5cm thickness. Or you could place the dough in between two plastic sheets and roll. Use a gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut out the shapes.
7. Place cut out cookie dough onto a metal tray lined with parchment paper. Bake in the microwave oven (using the proper mode for baking as per oven manual; in the case of the Panasonic Convection Oven, use Convection 2) for about 12-15minutes or until the gingerbread men turns a nice golden brown.
8. Let cool and then start decorating!! (thats where the fun begins!hehe)
Royal Icing Recipe
Ingredients:
30g egg white
180g icing sugar
few drops of food coloring of your choice
To make:
1. Mix the egg white with icing sugar little by little (depending on the consistency of the royal icing, you can add or subtract the icing sugar accordingly) Use thicker consistency for piping outlines and dilute with some water if you need watery royal icing for filling.
2. Add food coloring and stir until evenly mixed. Fill into piping bags. And let your creativity run loose with the decorating!
Surprisingly, although we 3 girls were each decorating on our own, we somehow were in sync and decorated our men along some common themes…. (please forgive the quality of the photos, they were taken with one hand since my other hand was dirty, and it was nearly midnite so my brain was already shutting down! :P)
Bad Hair Day Trio
Chill Out Bros
Hot Pants Guy & Martian Girl
The Hot Couple
We couldn’t resist making some ducks….
My lone striped ginger kitty 😛
From the above recipe, we got 10 gingerbread men/girls, 4 ducks and a cat. 🙂
The taste? Pretty good, the ginger taste isn’t so pronounced at first but has a slight lingering spiciness. And we did find it rather sweet (also because we decorated with royal icing), so I would cut down the sugar a lil the next time.
I reckon this would be a really fun project for kids too!
Merry Christmas everyone! 🙂
nice….. can do this with my gal…. she would be thrilled. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!
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Ho Ho Ho, Gingerbread Man, Stollen, Minced Pies, Christmas Pudding…. are all here for you!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
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Wow… into baking mood, uh?? Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
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wow so cute, we do think the same lol!
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Nice job! Merry Christmas to you! 😉
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Nothing like the smell of gingerbread to remind one that Xmas is here… 😉
Merry Xmas to you and your loved ones, and a Happy New Year!
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Merry Christmas to you!!!
Very cute creation you have..nice 🙂
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family! I will bookmark this idiot-proof recipe. You girls are really very creative! Tks for sharing.
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this is just so cute! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
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Those cookies are so very cute! And this looks like a simple recipe, I must try it some day! 🙂
Wau, creative gingerbread man. You can finished it within 2 hours, that was fast!
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If i’m using an regular oven, what temperature should i set then?
So how long are they meant to be in the microwave once that are cut into shapes? Making them with my little cousin and am very unsure… :/
Hi Madison, you can bake the gingerbread cookies for about 12-15mins. hope this helps!