gingerbread recipe

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I bought some cookie cutters for halloween and it had a recipe on it-I modified

and changed it a bit and came out with a wondrfull gingerbread cookie-gfcf.It is

as follows

Mix 1/3 cup soft shortening

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

2 1/4 t cinnamon

1 1/4 tsp ginger

1 egg[could be omititted or sub for}

2/3 cup molasses

Sift together

1/2 cup rice flour

1/2 cup sorghum

1/2 cup potato starch

1/2 cup tapioca starch

1 t soda

1 tsp salt

2 t xanthan gum

Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet and mix well-add more rice flour as needed

to firm up the dough till it looks like it is just about to form a ball{I think

I added about !/4 sup extra rice at this point} Chill the dough for at least an

hour. Roll it out on a gf floured surface{I use potato flour for this as I

havent had much other use for it} to 1/4 inch thick .Cut out shapes with

lightly floured cutters. Place one inch apart on a highly greased baking sheet

and bake at 375 for 8 minutes or till when lightly touched your finger does not

leave an imprint.

I decorated them with a mock buttercream frosting. They were just soooo good.

Real bummer When Dakota said all done brown cookies{before even trying them} But

he did eat the frosting {which was white} LIsaF

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