Creating Christmas Memories - Baking With Kids

Kids love to make cut out cookies! Animals and seasonal shapes are always favorites. You don't have to wait for Christmas to make great cut out cookies. We make them for Valentine's day, Birthdays, Fall & Halloween and just about any other occasion you can think of!
Keep a good supply of unusual cookie cutters on hand for rainy days of baking cookies or playing with play dough!

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This great gingerbread cookie recipe is still a favorite of my kids and now my grandkids always want to make them when they visit for the holidays. Our favorite cookie cutter is in the shape of a horse and so we make lots of gingerbread horses for our holiday.

Gingerbread Cookies

1/2 c. softened butter
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. dark molasses
1/4 c. water
2 1/2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
3/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. allspice
Mix ingredients in order given. Cover and chill for 2 to 3 hours. Using about 1/3 of the dough at a time(and returning rest to the fridge) roll out to 1/4" thickness and cut out desired shapes. Bake at 375 degress for 10 to 12 minutes.

Decorate with a stiff frosting made from powdered sugar and milk (or canned vanilla frosting) by putting a scoop into a zip lock bag. Snip a corner of the bag and you have a great decorator bag that is easy for little hands to use.