Gingerbread for the little one's

I love the smell of gingerbread baking.  Its one of the most tempting smells during the holidays.  Gingerbread cake, gingerbread cookies, even gingerbread lattes have a certain appeal.

When my daughter was in preschool the teacher shared this very simple recipe for :

Gingerbread Cookies

1 package of instant butterscotch pudding

1 egg

1/2 cup brown sugar

                                                    1/2 cup butter

                                                 1 1/2 cups flour

                                                 1 tsp Cinnamon

                                                         1/2 tsp soda

                                                     1/2 tsp ginger

Mix all ingredients to form a dough.  chill dough for about and hour or longer.  Roll out, cut and bake cookies at 350 degrees for 10 -12 minutes.  Yields 12 cookies.

Make the dough up in the morning, then its ready to use later when the kids come home from school. Or if you children like to do the mixing, we made it a 2 day project. One to make dough, and one to cook and ice the finish cookies. I like that it only makes a dozen instead of a larger amount.



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