Ginger Bran Kid Cookies Food

EASY GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a bowl and use your hand to mix together to form a dough. You'll want to be gentle but thorough to incorporate the butter into the dough. (If the dough seems a little too dry once you've incorporated the liquid and butter into the flour, you can add another tablespoon of milk but go easy on the liquid as more will make the dough stickier. It's ready when it holds together when you try to form it into a ball.)
• Make a flattened disc of dough. Optional: Wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes. This will make the dough a little less sticky for rolling out, but it works okay to skip this step too if the kids don't want to wait.
• Preheat the oven to 370°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll the dough ¼-inch thick between two pieces of parchment or plastic wrap. (You can do it on a lightly floured surface, but I always find this easier. You'll want to use parchment paper if you skipped chilling the dough so it doesn't stick.)
• Cut out the dough with a cookie cutter and transfer to the prepared baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned around the edges. (Keep an eye on them after 8 minutes since the edges can brown fast. 9 minutes was perfect in my oven.)
• Remove from the oven, let cool on the baking sheet for a minute, and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Use a small butter knife to spread on the icing or pipe on as desired. If adding sprinkles or other decorations, add them to the iced cookies right away before it dries.

ALL BRAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
• In large mixing bowl beat together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until thoroughly mixed.
• Add egg, milk and vanilla. Beat well.
• Stir in ALL-BRAN cereal and flour mixture, mixing until combined.
• Shape dough into two 10 1/2-inch-long rolls.
• Wrap in plastic wrap, covering ends carefully.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm.
• Slice cookie rolls about 1/4 inch thick and place on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 375° F about 9 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from baking sheets and cool on wire racks.
• Store in airtight container.

GINGERBREAD BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. Spread the wheat bran evenly on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until fragrant and toasted, about 8 minutes. Remove the bran from the oven and increase the heat to 450 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the toasted bran, graham flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cloves. In a large bowl, whisk together the molasses, vegetable oil, dark brown sugar and eggs. Stir in the buttermilk, raisins and ginger.
• Gently stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, just until everything is evenly moistened. Don't overdo it.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared cups. Transfer to the oven and immediately reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake until the tops are nice and puffed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 22 to 25 minutes. Transfer the muffins to a rack to cool completely.

KELLOGG'S RAISIN BRAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*. Stir cereal, flours and baking soda together and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat margarine and both sugars together until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Stir in the dry ingredients (cereal-flour mixture), mixing thoroughly.
• Drop by level 1/4 cup measure onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325* for 12-14 minutes, until lightly brown.
• Cool and wrap individaully (for on-the-go eating!).

GINGER BRAN KID COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Soak cereal in water set aside.2. Stir together flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices set aside.3. In large mixing bowl beat together margarine, sugar and molasses. Stir in dry ingredients alternately with cereal, mixing after each addition. Chill 1 hour.4. Roll dough directly onto greased baking sheet to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with floured cookie cutter. Remove excess dough. Decorate cookies with raisins.5. Bake in 400°F oven about 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove immediately from baking sheets. Cool on wire racks. Decorate with confectioners sugar icing, if desired.

GINGERBREAD KIDS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg; mix well. Beat in molasses, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, baking soda, and salt. On low speed, add flour a cup at a time, mixing until incorporated.
• Divide dough into quarters; shape into disks, and wrap into plastic. Refrigerate until firm, about 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with racks in top and bottom third. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out a dough disk to 1/8 inch thick. Cut out cookies, rolling out any scraps and additional disks as needed until you have about 20 kids. Transferto parchment-paper-lined baking sheets, leaving 1 inch between cookies. With remaining dough, cut out additional kids to make clothes, jewelry, and hair as desired. Dress cookies, and refrigerate 20 minutes.
• Bake cookies, two sheets at a time, 7 minutes; rotate pans top to bottom and front to back, and continue baking until cookies are firm when touched, about 6 to 8 minutes more. Let cool on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; let cool completely. Decorate cookies as desired.

GINGERBREAD BOY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, molasses and vinegar; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; cool to lukewarm. Stir in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt; stir into molasses mixture to form a soft dough., Divide dough into thirds. Shape each portion into a disk; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. gingerbread boy cookie cutter. Place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate as desired.