Description

These simple but delicious cookies are a Christmas holiday favorite. Makes two dozen.

Ingredients

• 3.5 ounces butterscotch pudding mix
• 1/2 cup butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps

1. Mix together the dry pudding mix, butter, and sugar until creamy. Add in the egg.
2. In another bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and spices together; combine with wet mixture. Leave to chill for one hour, covered, until firm.
3. Heat oven to 350 F (175 C). Prepare nonstick cookie sheets. Roll dough onto floured board at 1/8th inch thickness, use cookie cutter to cut out gingerbread man shapes. Place cookies about two inches apart on cookie sheets.