Gingerbread Man Recipe

Here’s a simple recipe that the children can help with… both the measuring and mixing as well as the cutting and decorating.  You might want to plan for this while doing a Learning Unit on FOLKTALES!

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 egg

1-1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ginger

raisins

Cream the sugar and butter together. Sift and mix in the other ingredients to make dough. (Chilling for awhile will make rolling out easier)

Roll out the dough. Let the children use a gingerbread man or woman cookie cutter to cut out shapes. Then add raisins for buttons and facial features on the shape.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until brown.