Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • Cookies:
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup butter (softened)
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole-wheat flour
  • ¾ cup unsweetened dark cocoa
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Icing:
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tbsp Corn Syrup

Instruction

  • Cream together the sugar, butter, oil & vanilla.
  • Beat eggs, then mix in.
  • Add flour, cocoa & salt, and mix well.
  • Knead dough then roll out between sheets of plastic wrap.
  • Chill dough for about ½ an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Powder surface lightly with cocoa powder, and peel back plastic wrap to lay out dough sheet.
  • Cut out gingerbread man shapes and place on baking sheets.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes, until set.
  • Let cookies cool in pan for 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack to finish cooling.
  • Mix powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup in a small bowl until smooth.
  • Transfer to piping bag or zippered bag to pipe the skeleton shape onto cookies.
  • Leave space between the lines or they will run together.
  • Leave cookies undisturbed for at least an hour for icing to set.