1992 1st Place Gingerbread Bears

Title:
1992 1st Place Gingerbread Bears

Yield:
42 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





 3 1/2 c  Unsifted all-purpose flour


 1 1/2 ts Ground ginger


 1 1/2 ts Cinnamon


     1 ts Baking soda


     1 ts Ground cloves


   1/4 ts Salt


   1/2 c  Butter, softened


   3/4 c  Sugar


     1    Egg


   3/4 c  Light molasses


     1 ts Grated lemon rind


          Decorations as desired






 Preparation time: 35 minutes Chilling time: 2 hours or overnight Cooking


 time: 7 to 10 minutes


 


  1. Measure 3 1/2 cups flour; sift together with spices, baking soda and


 salt; set aside. Beat butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until


 smooth. Add sugar and mix on high speed until light and fluffy, 2 minutes.


 Add egg and mix well. Stop the mixer and add molasses and lemon rind. Mix


 on low speed to combine. Stir in dry ingredients with a wooden spoon.


 


  2. Divide dough into four parts. Wrap each one separately in plastic wrap


 and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.


 


  3. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheets.


 


  4. Remove one piece of dough from the refrigerator at a time. Roll the


 well-chilled dough on a floured board or between sheets of waxed paper to
a


 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out with cookie cutters and carefully transfer to


 prepared baking sheets, leaving 1-inch between each cookie.


 


  5. Bake just until the cookies are lightly browned and set, 7 to 10


 minutes. Do not overbake. Transfer from baking sheets to a wire rack and


 cool completely before decorating. Decorate as desired. Store in airtight


 containers.


 


  Nancy Schubert of Schaumburg, Illinois took first place with these chubby


 little  bears. She uses colored sugar, little candies and a classic royal


 icing to decorate the bears. Confectioners' sugar icing or tubes of


 decorator icing can be also can be used. from the Chicago Tribune fifth


 annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 3, 1992


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:24:27 +0000