Gingerbread Men Cookies

We made Gingerbread Men Cookies for Luke's Christmas preschool party. They were easy and turned out so yummy that I wanted to share the recipe.  

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c. butter softened
• 3/4 c. brown sugar packed
• 1 3.4 oz.pkg. butterscotch instant pudding
• 1 egg
• 2 c. flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tblsp. ground ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, dry pudding mix and egg in a large bowl until well blended.
• In a separate bowl, mix together remaining ingredients
• Slowly add ingredients from secondary bowl to the butter mixture.
• Refrigerate for at least one hour or until dough is firm.
• Roll dough out on a floured work surface to 1/4-1/2-inch thick. Use cookie cutters to shape cookies.
• Place cutouts on a greased backing sheet.
• Bake 10-15 min. or until edges are lightly brown.

The only things I would do differently next time (1) roll the doll not so thin- closer to 1/2 inch thick, (2) not refrigerate it overnight. It was so hard that I had to let it warm up to roll it out. We dipped the legs in white and milk chocolate. Our favorite was the white chocolate.