Eggless Gingerbread Man cookies

Spicy gingerbread is an ultimate Christmas treat

Ingredients - Yields 75 Small Cookies

• Room temperature butter - 100 gms
• Brown sugar - 1 1/2 cups (or powdered sugar)
• All purpose flour - 2 1/2 cups
• Grated ginger - 1 tbsp (or ginger powder)
• Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
• Clove powder - 1/2 tsp 
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda - 1 tsp
• Baking powder - 1 tsp

Method

• Beat brown sugar and butter with electric beater or hand whisk till creamy
• Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and all spice powders together 
• Add grated ginger
• Mix this with butter and brown sugar on low speed until the dough comes together
• Dust the work surface and knead the dough until soft
• Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for 45 minutes
• Remove from the fridge and dust the work surface and knead the dough one more time

• Roll out the dough to 1/4 '' thick (keep dusting the surface to avoid sticking)

• Cut the dough using gingerbread cookie cutter or any desired shape

• Place the cut out cookies on the greased cookie tray and bake it for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cookies turn slight brown on the edges
• Cool and store them in an air tight container

I used star shape cookie cutter for my last batch of dough and sprinkled some coloured sugar
(Mix 1/2 cup of sugar and 5 drops of colour of your choice - homemade sugar sprinkle is ready)

For Icing

• Icing sugar - 1/2 cup
• Corn starch - 2 tsp
• Lemon juice 2 tsp
• Milk - 2 to 3 tsp

Mix all the above ingredients together. Fill the icing in the zip lock bag and cut the tip to decorate.
Tips

• Adjust the consistency - If you need it thin add bit of more milk or if you need it thick add bit more of sugar
• You can also add any colour to the icing
• Icing will harden if it is open so put it in the zip lock bag to avoid this
• Make sure you cut the tip of your zip lock bag minute enough to get fine lines for decorating

Nutritional information

• Ginger helps eliminate congestion and kill cold viruses
• Ginger is known for its anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties
• Ginger is low in calories and contains no cholesterol, but is a very rich source of many essential nutrients, minerals and vitamins
• Each Gingerbread cookie = 35 calories approximately