Gingerbread Place Cards
(from wkphipps’s recipe box)
Source: Ladies' Home Journal
Prep time: 360 minutes
Serves 20 people
Categories: Baking
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 recipe Royal Icing
- Gel paste food coloring
- Crystal sugar
Directions
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Whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, salt and baking soda in a bowl; set aside.
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In a mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, 3 minutes.
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Beat in egg and molasses.
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Add flour mixture and combine.
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Halve dough, wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours.
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Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick on floured surface.
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Using a crimped pastry wheel or knife, cut a 2-by-4-inch rectangle for each place card. Also cut enough small holiday shapes for the place cards. (Dough scraps can be rerolled up to 2 times.)
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Place on baking sheets and bake until set, 7 to 9 min. Cool completely.
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Color 1 cup Royal Icing red.
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Place red and 1 cup white icing in two pastry bags with tips.
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Ice place cards and cookies with simple designs and decorate with crystal sugar.
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Adhere holiday cookies to place cards with icing.
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Allow icing to set completely, about 3 hours.
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Makes 20 place cards.