
350 grams of flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ginger
powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon a pinch of nutmeg
150 grams of butter
200 grams of brown sugar
2 tablespoons molasses 1 egg
For the icing: icing sugar
sugar water
stars
Preparation:
putting the ingredients in a bowl in this order: flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, then add softened butter and mix sugar, molasses and egg. The final mixture, after five minutes of elbow grease, should be well mixed and compacted. At this point we will make a nice ball and put it in the fridge for half an hour after it is wrapped with plastic wrap. Now comes the time to train our men: if you have the Formina not have any problems ... On the contrary, you should equip with a model created by hand on parchment paper. Past the time of installation, helping spread the dough with a good dose of flour on pastry board and rolling pin on why the "men in power" are very sticky. Spread a layer of about 3 mm thick and cut along the line of paper model created earlier. Arrange the biscuits on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 190 degrees for 10 minutes. Allow to cool at least an hour and proceed with the decoration. Here you can enter into, we have opted for sober men, as you see in the picture! Prepare the glaze by adding the sugar a bit 'of water, enough to obtain a creamy consistency. To proceed with a syringe decoration, ending with small applications of icing to attach the star-shaped buttons. Allow to solidify the sugar before "feel" the men!