Gingerbread Men

Bake these as small puffy powdered sugar dusted rounds, or as traditional gingerbread men - either way these are a winner. No substitutions if you'd like your cookies to be delicious!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup Truvia or Splenda Brown Sugar Blend
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Instructions

• Cream the butter and Truvia.
• Stir in the molasses and 1/2 cup water.
• Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in a small bowl, and add to the wet ingredients.
• Blend until soft dough forms.
• Using a 1 1/2 teaspoon metal ice cream type scoop, or teaspoon place small round portions 1 inch apart on a lined or well greased cookie sheet.

Or

• Chill dough several hours or overnight. Roll out 1/2 inch thick. Cut into circles, trees, or gingerbread men using cookie cutters.
• Place on well greased baking sheet.

Baking Instructions:

• Bake at 375 degrees until, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains.
• Leave on baking sheet 2-3 minutes, then remove to cooling rack.