Gingerbread Place Cards
Use frosting to write your guests' names on gingerbread cookies for a fun dessert at your holiday dinner.
Prep Time:
1 hr 40 mins
Total Time:
6 hrs 40 mins
Servings:
Makes 20 place cards.
Ingredients
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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2 tsp ground ginger
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2 tsp ground cinnamon
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1/4 tsp ground cloves
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1/2 tsp salt
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1/2 tsp baking soda
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1/2 cup unsalted butter
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1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
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1 large egg
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1 recipe Royal Icing (see recipe center)
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Gel paste food coloring
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Crystal sugar
Directions
1.
Whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, salt and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
2.
In a mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, 3 min. Beat in egg and molasses. Add flour mixture and combine. Halve dough, wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2 hrs.
3.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick on floured surface. Using a crimped pastry wheel or knife, cut a 2-by-4-inch rectangle for each place card. Also cut enough small holiday shapes for the place cards. (Dough scraps can be rerolled up to 2 times.) Place on baking sheets and bake until set, 7 to 9 min. Cool completely.
4.
Color 1 cup Royal Icing red. Place red and 1 cup white icing in two pastry bags with tips. Ice place cards and cookies with simple designs and decorate with crystal sugar. Adhere holiday cookies to place cards with icing. Allow icing to set completely, about 3 hrs. Makes 20 place cards.
Nutrition information
Calories 260, Total Fat 5 g, Saturated Fat 3 g, Cholesterol 23 mg, Sodium 100 mg, Carbohydrate 51 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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