Gingerbread Men Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup butter, softened
    2/3 cup dark corn syrup
    2/3 cup brown sugar
    1 egg, beaten
    1 tablespoon vanilla
    4 cups flour
    3/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1 tablespoon cinnamon
    1 tablespoon ginger
Preparation
    Combine butter with sugar and corn syrup until smooth.
    Add the vanilla and the egg, mix well.
    Sift together dry ingredients and add slowly to the sugar/butter mixture.
    Blend until dough is smooth.
    Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for at least one hour, or overnight.
    On a floured surface, roll out dough until 1/4 inch thick, cut with cookie cutters.
    Bake on a slightly greased cookie sheet in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
    Allow to cool before decorating with icing.

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