This Gingerbread Man Garland is 9 feet long. The wooden Gingerbread men are 2¼ inches tall and 1½ inches wide and the wooden candy canes are 2 inches tall and 1 inch wide at the crook. There are 6, ½ inch diameter, red, green and white wooden beads that alternate in color on each side of the Gingerbread men and the candy canes. This Gingerbread Man Garland will make all your guests hungry for homemade Gingerbread man cookies! Select this link to view our Decorated Country Holiday Garland.
Nauvoo Gingerbread Man Cookies.
This Gingerbread Cookie recipe comes from historic Nauvoo Illinois. In the 1840's, Mormon Pioneers used this recipe to make their Gingerbread cookies.
By Micheal Wynkoop.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup white sugar
1 cup molasses
3/4 cup lard
1/2 cup hot water
2 eggs
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
DIRECTIONS
- In a large bowl, mix together the sugar, molasses, and lard until smooth. Rinse molasses out of the measuring cup with hot water. Stir in eggs. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger; stir into the batter to make a soft dough. Add more flour if needed. Cover the bowl and refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour, or until firm.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies onto ungreased baking sheets. Select this link to view our Decorative Candy Garland.
- Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cookies appear dry in the center.
- Enjoy!
Gingerbread.
Gingerbread is a sweet that can take the form of a cake or a cookie in which the predominant flavors are ginger and raw sugar. Select this link to view our Popcorn and Cranberry Tree Garland.
As a cookie, gingerbread can be rolled into a thin, crisp cookie often called a ginger snap or a softer cookie similar to the German Lebkuchen. The cookies are often cut into shapes, particularly gingerbread men. Traditionally it was dunked in port. Select this link to view our Decorative Faux Popcorn Christmas Garland.