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1992 1st Place: Gingerbread Bears
Author/Submitted by: Nancy Schubert of Schaumburg, Illinois,
Chicago Tribune fifth annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 3, 1992
Servings: 42
Categories:
Cookies
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 3 1/2
cups
All-purpose flour,
unsifted
1 1/2
teaspoons
Ground ginger 1 1/2
teaspoons
Cinnamon 1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
teaspoon
Ground cloves 1/4
teaspoon
Salt 1/2
cup
Butter,
softened
3/4
cup
Sugar 1
Egg 3/4
cup
Light molasses 1
teaspoon
Grated lemon rind
Decorations as desired
Directions:
1.
Measure 3 1/2 cups flour; sift together with spices, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add sugar and mix on high speed until light and fluffy, 2 minutes. Add egg and mix well. Stop the mixer and add molasses and lemon rind. Mix on low speed to combine. Stir in dry
ingredients with a wooden spoon.
2.
Divide dough into four parts. Wrap each one separately in plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.
3.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets.
4.
Remove one piece of dough from the refrigerator at a time. Roll the well-chilled dough on a floured board or 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.
5.
Bake just until the cookies are lightly browned and set, 7 to 10 minutes. Do not overbake. Transfer from baking sheets to a wire rack and cool completely before decorating. Decorate as desired. Store in airtight containers.
6.
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. Confectioner's sugar icing or tubes of decorator icing can be also can be used.
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. Confectioner's sugar icing or tubes of decorator icing can be also can be used.
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