Gingerbread Boy Cookie Recipe

This time of year always revolves around gingerbread and candy canes, and this year is no different in my kitchen!   

I just couldn’t wait to bake up a batch of these adorable cookies,

they are truly the hit of the cookie tray.

Perfect when giving a whole tray of cookie to friends and neighbors and wanting to have a cute addition, these will even make the simplest cookie tray look amazing.

I measured the candy canes I had and wanted the wood dowels to be slightly larger so that I would be sure the dowel would come out and the candy cane could slide in after the cookies puffed up when they were baked. I used 3/8″ dowels, they were perfect for regular candy canes, some other more gourmet candy canes can be thicker so be sure to measure your candy canes thickness. I cut the dowel into 2 1/2 inch long pieces which ended up perfect.

After the cookies are baked, let them cool about 2 minutes then gently slide the dowel out of the cookies.

Then allow the cookies to completely cool before placing the candy cane in.

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Gingerbread Boy Cookie Recipe

Servings: 36 cookies

Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon dry ginger
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• In large mixer bowl beat butter with sugars.
• Add in pumpkin pie spice, ginger, molasses, egg and vanilla.
• Mix in flour, baking powder and salt until fully combined.
• Roll out cookie dough in between wax paper to 1/4 inch.
• Cut cookie with a cookie cutter.
• Place cookie dough onto parchment lined baking sheets.
• Use 3/8" dowels cut to 2 1/2 inches long and wrap the gingerbread arms around the dowels.
• Bake cookies at 400 degrees for 7-9 minutes.
• Allow cookies to cool 2 minutes, gently slide dowels out of cookies by slightly twisting and sliding.
• Allow cookies to completely cool.
• Place candy canes into the arms.
• *the candy canes I used measured slightly smaller than 3/8". Adding the candy canes was easy because the opening was slightly larger, the candy canes move freely on the cookie. If your candy canes are a different size, adjust the dowel size accordingly.