Gingerbread People

photo by:kraft

Butterscotch pudding is the secret to our super-moist take on these beloved holiday cookies. Our only advice: Don’t tell Grandma you've found a better recipe.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 32 min

servings

total:

20 servings

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What You Need

3/4

cup butter, softened

3/4

cup packed brown sugar

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Butterscotch Instant Pudding

egg

cups flour

tsp. baking soda

Tbsp. ground ginger

1-1/2

tsp. ground cinnamon

Make It

BEAT butter, sugar, dry pudding mix and egg in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Mix remaining ingredients. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

HEAT oven to 350°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into gingerbread shapes with 4-inch cookie cutter, rerolling trimmings. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray. Use straw to make hole near top of each cutout.

BAKE 10 to 12 min. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 3 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate as desired. Insert ribbon through holes to hang cookies on tree.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

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How to Decorate Cookies

To easily decorate cooled cookies, fill resealable plastic bag with prepared frosting. Seal bag and cut small corner off one of the bottom corners of bag. Roll down top of bag to squeeze frosting over cookies to decorate as desired.

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mzander01

posted:12/17/2009

Can you freeze these cookies???

shortcut4x4

posted:12/16/2009

These cookies were amazing. Easy to make, easy to roll out and taste great. I will definitely be making these again.

Jennifer Miruzzi

posted:12/11/2009

Great and easy receipe! I just with that it made more than 20 servings. We doubled and tripled to make the qty needed.

a cook

posted:12/10/2009

I have not made this recipe, but plan on making it. It looks simple and easy.

mollylittle

posted:12/6/2009

It doesnt have the flavor of gingerbread cookies more of a flavor of butterscoth flavor. The cookies were too soft like bread . The recipe should have flavor of dark molasses flavor . It was too blad . Even my son hated it.

a cook

posted:12/4/2009

My children loved this recipe

CVandoloski

posted:11/12/2009

I made these last year and everyone really liked-loved them! I think this year I'm going to top them with cinnamon/sugar before I bake them.

danielle7366

posted:5/31/2009

I don't usually like ginger cookies but these are amazing!

a cook

posted:3/24/2009

My kids love to make this recipe and it never goes wrong. It is the best recipe I have found for using cookie cutters.