Gingerbread cookies!

I decided to make Gingerbread cookies this year.  I got the recipe from the "Tales of the Coopkeeper" Blog on my blog list.  I made the dough yesterday and let it chill overnight.  I made a few changes to the recipe.  I used butter instead of shortening, and I used cinnamon instead of nutmeg.

I had been looking for gingerbread boy cookie cutters for several days and had come up with nothing. DH was going to Turkey Creek ( big shopping center) for something so I asked him to look for me. He came home with a large Gingerbread Girl, bigger than my hand, and a mix with a Gingerbread Boy in it. We were expecting the Gingerbread Boy to be normal size but it is a mini one!

This morning I pulled out the dough and had a blast making the cookies.  It took me a little practice to get the girls on the cookie sheet in one piece, but with the help of my rolling pin I had success.  I can only get two girls on the cookie sheet at a time, and since they require 10 minutes and the little guys need only 7 minutes we had to segregate them on the cookie sheets!
 
These are delicious cookies!  I will make them again!  I doubled the recipe and got 8 big girl cookies and a ton of the little boys.  Tomorrow, I am taking the big cookies and all the decorating stuff to my MIL's so that the kids can decorate them.  The little guys will go to just for the snacking table. 
 
I wish each and every one of you a blessed Christmas Day!
Until next time, Happy Weaving and Cookie Dunking, Tina