Receta 1992 1st Place: Gingerbread Bears
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Preparation Time: 35 min
- Chilling Time: 2 hrs or possibly overnight
- Cooking Time: 7 to 10 min
- Measure 3 1/2 c. flour; sift together with spices, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl till smooth. Add in sugar and mix on high speed till light and fluffy, 2 min. Add in egg and mix well. Stop the mixer and add in molasses and lemon rind. Mix on low speed to combine. Stir in dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.
- Divide dough into four parts. Wrap each one separately in plastic wrap and chill 2 hrs or possibly overnight.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets.
- Remove one piece of dough from the refrigerator at a time. Roll the well-chilled dough on a floured board or possibly between sheets of waxed paper to a 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters and carefully transfer to prepared baking sheets, leaving 1-inch between each cookie.
- Bake just till the cookies are lightly browned and set, 7 to 10 min. Don't overbake. Transfer from baking sheets to a wire rack and cold completely before decorating. Decorate as desired. Store in airtight containers.
- Nancy Schubert of Schaumburg, Illinois took first place with these chubby little bears. She uses colored sugar, little candies and a classic royal icing to decorate the bears. Confectioners' sugar icing or possibly tubes of decorator icing can be also can be used.