Gingerbread Reindeer Made from Gingerbread Man Cutter

Gingerbread Reindeer
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Loving these fun Gingerbread Reindeer. Creative Kid’s Food Craft using a Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter. Tutorial and recipe below. If you have a gingerbread cutter, consider as well these classic Gingerbread Men Cookies made with Butterscotch Pudding!

Ingredients:

Cookies:

• 2 cup Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
•  tsp Ginger
• 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
• 1/3 cup melted Shortening
• 1/3 cup Molasses
• 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
• 8 tsp Water
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tsp Vanilla
• 18 red M&M’s or Red Hot candies

Icing:

• 2 Egg whites
• 3 cup Powdered Sugar
• 2 tsp Corn Syrup
• Brown Food coloring
• Black Food coloring

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Directions:

1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.
2. Beat together shortening, molasses, water, egg, brown sugar and vanilla until blended.
3. Slowly stir in the dry mixture until completely absorbed.
4. Divide dough in half.
5. Flatten each, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours.
6. Preheat oven to 350.
7. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
8. Flour work surface.
9. Roll dough out to 1/4″ thickness.
10. Cut out gingerbread men and place 1″ apart on prepared sheet.
11. Bake for 10-12 minutes until they look dry.
12. Move to wire rack to cool.
13. Combine egg whites and corn syrup and whip on high until foamy.
14. Slowly add powdered sugar whipping until shiny and soft peaks form.
15. Add brown coloring and whip until color is uniform.
16. Transfer 2/3 of icing to piping bag or zippered bag.
17. Add black food coloring to remaining icing and whip until color is uniform.
18. Transfer remaining icing to piping bag or zippered bag.
19. Turn gingerbread men upside down and pipe brown to form face and ears as shown.
20. Place red M&M or Red Hot candy for nose.
21. Place 2 black dots for eyes.
22. Pipe black to show inside of ears and mouth.
23. Pipe black antlers.

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