Gingerbread man cookies

The last time I baked gingerbread man cookies for the little boy was 4 years ago!  Gosh, I did not even realise it until I checked my blog.  I happened to see some spices available for sale in Redmart (online grocer) and bought it in advance hoping I could bake it again.  And I did! I was pleased that I actually baked it in time before Christmas and gifted some cookies to his Grandma and his school friend's family.  The big boy, now at 11 years old, was delighted and the cookies were all gone really fast!  At tween age, he was pretty hooked with phone games like Pokemon Go, Brawl Stars, Clash Royale, Mobile Legends... etc.  When he stopped his phone games and did the icing on the cookies with much enthusiasum, just warmed my heart.  

I like to pen down the new receipe that I had experimented since everyone commented the cookies were so yummy.  Instead of using the traditional dark molasses, it was replaced with organic ginger molasses powder from Yee Hup.  That saved me some $$ from buying bottled molasses and ground ginger separately which the former usually ended up in the cupboard for many years untouched because I have no idea what to do with it.  I bought mine at Penang International Airport.  You would get the light brown biscuit colour instead of darker tone.  Besides I could use it in the soup base for the tang yuan during the winter solstice.  Personally, I like ginger drink due to its health benefits.

Receipe modified*

400g plain flour

3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda 

1 tsp ground cinnamon (gingerbread powder as shown in the picture below)

 ½ tsp mixed spice

½ tsp salt

170g unsalted butter, room temperature

110g soft dark brown sugar 

60g ginger molasses*

1 large egg, lightly beaten

Buttercream icing

1½ cup icing sugar

2 tbsp. of milk

3 tbsp of butter

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2020!!