31 Reviews of Gingerbread Men

From: Virginia Chandler

On Jan 3, 2003

WOW!!!! I don't usually like Gingerbread cookies but these were yummy!!! I had my niece and nephews over and thought they would like to decorate Gingerbread Men and tried these, and this was the perfect choice. I don't usually make roll out cookies and had a little trouble with cutting the cookies and transferring them to the cookie sheet. I finally found the trick. Roll out 1/4 of the dough on wax paper, then put back in the refrigerator for 5 min to harden up again, cut the cookies, then lay the wax paper cookies side down on the cookie sheet and peel away the wax paper. I put a hole in the top of the cookies so we could put ribbon through it so we could hang them on the Christmas tree. I used Crawfish Pie's cookie frosting recipe # 19649 for the icing and it was perfect!!!!! I used large cookie cutters and this only made about 12 cookies, but it was enough. THANKS!!!!!

From: cnjgilbert

On Sep 10, 2001

This was just the recipe that I was searching for! Easy to make and very tasty. We made these cookies last year with the kids and plan on making them again this year.

From: meatymeatball

On Dec 10, 2002

very good!!!!i added a little extra spice for an extra kick.

From: BakersDozen Down South

On Dec 19, 2002

This recipe was GREAT! I made these for my 5yo's Kindie class to decorate and had rave reviews from parents that got a taste too! Very easy recipe to follow and bake!

From: Bogey'sMom

On Oct 7, 2006

Dough was very easy to work with and tasted terrific. One tip I learned the hard way: if you're using a really big gingerbread man cookie cutter, you HAVE to let the cookies cool completely before moving them off the cookie sheet. None of that move them after 10 minutes stuff.

From: Missy Wombat

On Apr 12, 2003

Good reliable gingerbread man recipe. A trifle on the dry side during the preparation so I had to add a couple of splotches of milk to sop up the excess dry ingredients. Probably due to the smaller of my chickens supplying the egg LOL. Nice taste too.

From: Take a Letter Maria

On Dec 26, 2006

These were a great gingerbread cookies for my Christmas cookie trays, dough was very easy to work with and tasty. This is not a very sweet cookie compared to cookies as a whole unless you decorate with alot of icing. The cookie has a true gingerbread flavor and makes your house smell like Christmas when baking. I did add about 1 tsp. of vanilla. Thank you for the great recipe.

From: Cathleen Colbert

On Dec 11, 2005

A lovely balance of spices, this recipe produces a soft, nicely shaped cookies even when tortured by small children with cookie cutter. The BEST gingerbread I've worked with.

From: moxie

On Aug 25, 2003

I also find the dough a tad dry, and think it needs a little more fat. However, the cookies have a nice flavor. The dough was also extremely easy to roll out and made nice, firm cookies that didn't break when I was trying to get them off the pan. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

From: djafishfria

On Dec 17, 2005

Very easy to make. I kept mine in the fridge for about 4 hours.