Gingerbread Man Decorating Ideas
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How To Decorate A Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread men have been around since the 16th century. Queen Elizabeth I had gingerbread men made to pay homage to her most important guests. Most gingerbread men have the same basic shape. We use royal icing and other decorating candies to give them detail. Decorating gingerbread men is a fun family activity and a great Christmas time craft. This lens will show you some creative ways to decorate a gingerbread man and I will even give you a basic gingerbread man recipe. By the time Christmas rolls around, you will be coming up with your own unique and gingerbread men decorating ideas and I hope you come back to share them with me.
This picture is courtesy of Samdogs on Creative Commons.
This picture is courtesy of Samdogs on Creative Commons.
Gingerbread Man Table of Contents
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- Gingerbread Men Pictures
- How To Make A Basic Gingerbread Man
- Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter
- These Gingerbread Men Need Clothes!
- Gingerbread Men Decorating Ideas
- Cookie and Cupcake Decorating Set
- Mother And Child Gingerbread People
- Decorating With Royal Icing
- Decorating Icing
- Gingerbread Man Decorating Ideas
- Gingerbread Santa Is Coming To Town
- How To Make Gingerbread Men
- More About Gingerbread Men
- Simple Royal Icing on Gingerbread Man
- How Do You Decorate Your Gingerbread Men?
- Support Diabetes Research
How To Make A Basic Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man Recipe
½ c butter or margarine
½ c white sugar
½ c molasses
1 egg
2 c flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
Method
In a bowl, mix margarine and sugar. Stir in molasses and egg until smooth. In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, powder, soda and spices. Slowly pour into the creamed mixture and mix until smooth. Place in a sealed bowl and chill for at least one hour in refrigerator.
After chilling, lightly flour a flat surface. Roll a portion of the dough to ¼" thickness and use cookie cutters. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool on wire racks before decorating.
Gingerbread Man Cookie Cutter
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These Gingerbread Men Need Clothes!
Gingerbread Men Decorating Ideas
Fun Ways To Decorate Gingerbread men
- You don't have to stick to strictly making Gingerbread Men; you can make gingerbread women, children, and pets.
- Royal icing can be used to outline your gingerbread man. It can also be used to draw on clothes, faces, accessories. Use colored royal icing to make your gingerbread men stand out.
- Eyes and buttons can be made using gumdrops, raisins, red cinnamon candies or chocolate chips.
- Mix beaten egg yolks with food coloring, and paint your cookies before they go in the oven.
- Cut out accessories from scrap pieces of gingerbread. You can make hats, scarves, or bow ties. Use royal icing to 'glue' them onto your gingerbread men for a 3D effect.
- Spread a thin layer of icing on your gingerbread man and cover it with sprinkles or colored sugar.
These Gingerbread men are courtesy of solyanka on Creative Commons.
Cookie and Cupcake Decorating Set
Kuhn Rikon Cookie and Cupcake Decorating Set
Instant fun for the whole family - kids and adults - with professional quality results. The Cookie and Cupcake Decorating Set from Kuhn Rikon has everything you need to decorate cookies, cupcakes and cakes. 4 Decorating Bottles for different color icings, 9 interchangeable decorating tips and one frosting spatula.
Kuhn Rikon Cookie and Cupcake Decorating Set
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 05/31/2012)
Product Features:
Includes everything you need to decorate cookies, cupcakes, and cakes
4 decorating bottles for different color icings, 9 interchangeable decorating tips, and 1 frosting spatula
Decorating bottles include 2 large and 2 small
Instant fun for the whole family with professional quality results
Preparing for birthday parties is a breeze
Royal Icing Recipe
2 egg whites
5 cups confectioners' sugar
In a large bowl, lightly whisk egg whites. Gradually beat in approximately confectioners' sugar. The icing should be smooth and stand in firm peaks.
Mother And Child Gingerbread People
Decorating With Royal Icing
Tips for decorating with royal icing
Decorating with royal icing can be a lot of fun. It gives you a chance to be creative and personalize your gingerbread man. Here are a few tips and tricks for using royal icing.
- Always let your cookies cool completely before decorating them.
- Always sift the powdered sugar before making the royal icing.
- Drag a butter knife through the surface of your royal icing and count to 10. If the icing surface becomes smooth in anywhere between 5-10 seconds, then your icing is ready to use.
- Do not overbeat the icing. This will cause thinner outlines to crack and fall off. When the icing is glossy and comes to stiff peaks, it is ready.
- Use a #2 for outlining and filling in. For larger cookies use tip #3 or #4 and for smaller cookies use tip #1.
- Always do the outlines first; then fill in with more icing as desired.
- For multiple layers of icing, wait at least 10 minutes between layers to prevent bleeding.
Decorating Icing
Colored Decorating Icing
If you don't want to mess with making individual colors of royal icing, you can simply buy these small pre-made tubes. They are easy to use and make a lot less mess.
This army of Gingerbread Men is courtesy of Paul Jerry on Creative Commons.
Gingerbread Man Decorating Ideas
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Fun Tip
Punch a hole in the top of your gingerbread men before baking. After the gingerbread man has been decorated, add a red ribbon through the hole and hang on your Christmas tree for a fun and unique ornament.
Gingerbread Santa Is Coming To Town
More About Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread Men Tips
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Simple Royal Icing on Gingerbread Man
How Do You Decorate Your Gingerbread Men?
Please leave your comments below.
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Buchamar
Dec 12, 2011 @ 4:04 pm | delete
- I love your lens!
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baby-strollers
Dec 9, 2011 @ 11:57 pm | delete
- pretty much the standard methods, icing sugar, jube-jubes, things of this nature
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blanckj
Jun 2, 2011 @ 6:49 am | delete
- Cute ideas.
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CoffeeBreaker
Dec 5, 2010 @ 9:22 pm | delete
- I plan on making these this year...been a few since I have and am glad for the ideas for decorating you have here! I think I will make the "men" on a stick and take for christmas dinner dessert for the kids!
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