These Chocolate Gingerbread Man Cookies have just a hint of chocolate with the perfect amount of gingery spice. They are perfect for holiday cookie exchanges or homemade gifts!
Do you get tired of basic gingerbread cookies. People can’t get enough of the molasses and chocolate flavor combination. An added benefit of these cookies: The supple dough is very easy to work with, and the scraps can be rerolled and cut out.
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Chocolate Gingerbread Men Cookie Ingredients:
For the Cookies:
- 2 cup (240 g) flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ¼ cup (25 g) Cocoa powder
- ½ cup (113 g) butter
- ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
- ¼ cup (55 g) brown sugar
- ¼ cup (85 g) molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbs cinnamon powder
- 1 tbsp ginger powder
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup (85 g) chocolate chips
- 12-24 candy canes or Red & white sugar pastes (to make Candy cane)
- Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter
For the Royal Icing:
- 1 egg white
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 + 1/3 cup (175 g) powdered sugar
Chocolate Gingerbread Men Cookie Directions:
Pre-heat the oven to 175 C / 347 F
Beat the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon powder, ginger powder, and butter in mixer.
Microwave the chocolate chips in total for 2 minutes but in 10 seconds intervals.
When the mixture is combined well add the egg, molasses, melted chocolate and vanilla extract. Continue to mix.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and pinch of salt into another bowl.
Then add the dry ingredients to the mixture and continue to mix.
When it becomes a dough take it out and put on a stretch film and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
After, take out the dough and roll out to 2 cm thick.
Cut Gingerbread Man shapes into the rolled dough
.
Take them into baking tray, shape their hands like holding a candy cane and if you want you can stick together with a toothpick.
Cook for 10 minutes in the oven.
For the royal icing, mix the egg white, and powdered sugar first.
Then add the lemon juice for your desired consistency (It shouldn’t be too thick).
Take out the cookies from the oven and rest for 10 minutes to cool down.
After it cooled down, decorate the Gingerbread Man with royal icing.
Place the candy canes to the Gingerbread Mans’ hands.
If you don’t have readymade candy canes, you can make with sugar pastes. (Combine the red and white sugar pastes and turn around and give the shape.)
ENJOY 😊
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How to Make Chocolate Christmas Gingerbread Man Cookies
These Chocolate Gingerbread Man Cookies have just a hint of chocolate with the perfect amount of gingery spice. They are perfect for holiday cookie exchanges or homemade gifts!
Ingredients
- For the Cookies:
- 2 cup (240 g) flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ¼ cup (25 g) Cocoa powder
- ½ cup (113 g) butter
- ¼ cup (50 g) sugar
- ¼ cup (55 g) brown sugar
- ¼ cup (85 g) molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbs cinnamon powder
- 1 tbsp ginger powder
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup (85 g) chocolate chips
- 12-24 candy canes or Red & white sugar pastes (to make Candy cane)
- For the Royal Icing:
- 1 egg white
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 + 1/3 cup (175 g) powdered sugar
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 175 C / 347 F
Beat the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon powder, ginger powder, and butter in mixer.
Microwave the chocolate chips in total for 2 minutes but in 10 seconds intervals.
When the mixture is combined well add the egg, molasses, melted chocolate and vanilla extract. Continue to mix.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and pinch of salt into another bowl.
Then add the dry ingredients to the mixture and continue to mix.
When it becomes a dough take it out and put on a stretch film and rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
After, take out the dough and roll out to 2 cm thick.
Cut Gingerman shape into the rolled dough.
Take them into baking tray, shape their hands like holding a candy cane and if you want you can stick together with a toothpick.
Cook for 10 minutes in the oven.
For the royal icing, mix the egg white, and powdered sugar first.
Then add the lemon juice for your desired consistency (It shouldn’t be too thick).
Take out the cookies from the oven and rest for 10 minutes to cool down.
After it cooled down, decorate the Gingerman with royal icing.
Place the candy canes to the gingermans’ hands.
If you don’t have readymade candy canes, you can make with sugar pastes. (Combine the red and white sugar pastes and turn around and give the shape.)
ENJOY 😊
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