gingerbread for cookies or a gingerbread house

🥘 Ingredients

• • sugar
• • molasses
• • ginger
• • allspice
• • cinnamon
• • clove
• • baking soda
• • margarine
• • egg
• • all-purpose flour

📝 Instructions

1. 1 in a medium saucepan , heat sugar , molasses , ginger , allspice , cinnamon , and cloves to boiling , stirring occasionally
2. 2 remove from heat
3. 3 stir in soda
4. 4 stir in margarine till melted
5. 5 with a fork , stir in egg , then flour
6. 6 on a floured surface , knead dough till mixed
7. 7 divide dough in half , wrap half with plastic wrap
8. 8 set aside
9. 9 roll half the dough , with a rolling pin , slightly thinner than 1 / 4 inch
10. 10 cut with cutters
11. 11 bake at 325f on a cookie sheet for 12 minutes
12. 12 cool on a wire rack
13. 13 makes about 3 dozen 3" gingerbread people