Gingerbread Men & Ladies

These are my gingerbread men and ladies that I made last week. Sorry about the photos, I took them with my phone.
Snowy gingerbread man.

This is my blue collar worker!

Her green eyes were supposed to look flirtatious...not evil.

Holy hands and snow on his feet.

Buck-toothed gingerbread man.

Candy cane gingerbread man.

Polka dotted gingerbread man.

Gingerbread man in his jamis.

Adam's gingerbread man with a santa hat

Gingerbread man with toes.

Christmas color gingerbread man.

The other buck-toothed gingerbread man's twin brother.

Sleepy gingerbread man.

Gingerbread lady in here itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini.

Gingerbread Cookie Recipe:

1/2 C. unsalted butter (toom temperature)

3/4 C. packed dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 C. molasses

3 3/4 C. all purpose flour, plus extra for rolling dough

2 t. ground ginger

1/2 t. ground cinnamon

1/4 t. ground cloves

1/2 t. ground nutmeg

1 1/2 t. baking soda

1/2 t. kosher salt

Cream butter and sugar in an electric mixer until combined. Then add the eggs, molasses and mix until combined. Sift the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the mixer while on low speed.

Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for an hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Allow dough to sit at room temperature for a few minutes before rolling. Sprinkle work surface and rolling pin with flour. Roll out a fist-sized ball at a time. Roll the dough to about 1/8" thick. Cut the dough with your cookie cutters and continue the process.

Cook for 8 minutes and immediately remove the cookies from the pan onto a cooling rack once removed from the oven.

Allow to cool for 30 minutes before decorating the cookies.

Enjoy!