OMA'S DANISH GINGERBREAD COOKIES

OMA'S DANISH GINGERBREAD COOKIES image

Yield 30 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup molasses
2/3 cup light corn syrup
4 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Optional: currents or raisins, red hots & confectioners sugar & water for icing. Add food coloring to jazz up.

Steps:

Have all ingredients at room temperature. Cream together: butter, sugar & brown sugar. Add to mixture: molasses & corn syrup. Sift together dry ingredients and then add to creamed mixture. Mix well. When good consistency for rolling, divide into small batches & wrap in waxed paper. Chill over night. Bring to right temperature for rolling, roll, cut using gingerbread men molds and place on cookie sheet. Decorate the cookies with current eyes, red hots for noses. Make a tiny hole at the head to insert wire for hanging. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. After the cookies have cooled completely, ice the bottom half, making skirts and pants. Insert wires for hanging.