Ginger-men Cookies

Difficulty: **

Crispy, spicy and irresistible to eat, have them with hot chocolate or tea, have fun decorating them...

for the Cookies:

150 g butter (room temperature)

130 g sugar

1 tbsp molasses

1 egg

300 g flour

1 tsp of baking powder

pinch of salt

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp ground cloves

Cream the butter and the sugar, add the molasses, add the egg, mix until all combine. Sift the flour with all the dry ingredients, mix the flour with the butter until all combine. Roll the dough between two baking paper sheets, to desire thickness. 

Rest for at least one hour in the fridge, cut it to desire shape.

Bake it at 150° C.

For the Royal Icing:

60 g egg white

130 g icing sugar

1/2 lemon juice 

Mix all the ingredients and whip until a firm consistency, add the food colouring as desire.