Gretel and Hansel Gingerbread Skeletons
This movie made me so happy. Like The Witch this re-imagined fairy tale packs a lot of punch and provides a fabulous women centered story. It’s tense, but unravels masterfully. We made gingerbread skeletons to munch on while we watched, and while we did feel a little plumper, no witches were harmed in the making of them.
Gretel and Hansel Gingerbread Skeletons
Persons
15
Serving Size
1 Skeleton
Prep Time
2 hours
Cook Time
10 minutes
Total Time
2 hours, 10 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, softened NOT MELTED
- 3/4 cup brown sugar packed well
- 2/3 cup brown molasses (Use high quality)
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1.2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. salt kosher is best
Instructions
- Mix the softened butter, brown sugar and molasses in a large bowl. Be sure the ingredients are well incorporated and then add egg and vanilla and mix well.
- In another bowl add flour and all spices ( including salt). Mix gently and then begin adding wet combination to your dry ones. Incorporate but do not over mix the batter.
- Divide the dough into three parts and wrap each part in plastic wrap or parchment Chill for 2 hours.
- Preheat your oven to 350 and roll out your cookie dough on a floured surface or between two pieces of parchment paper, To about 1/4 inch thick, then cut your gingerbread figures and bake them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment.
- Bake for 9 minutes and cool completely before icing skeleton designs.
We used small cookie cutters so our baking times were 7 mins or so. Bake a small batch before a larger batch to understand your baking times. If you use bigger cookie cutters, you'll need a little more baking time.
Cuisine Fairy Tale
