Easy Gingerbreads

• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 (3.5-ounce) package cook & serve butterscotch-flavored pudding and pie filling mix
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• Mini candy-coated chocolate pieces, candy buttons, chocolate chips, raisins, red cinnamon candies, etc.
• White decorator icing or gel

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine butter, brown sugar and pudding mix in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
3. Add egg; continue beating until well mixed.
4. Add flour, ginger, cinnamon and baking soda; beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
5. Roll out dough, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.
6. Cut with 3-inch gingerbread boy cookie cutter.
7. Place 1 inch apart onto large ungreased cookie sheets.
8. Add decorations for eyes, mouth and buttons as desired; press slightly into dough.
9. Bake 9-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
10. Remove to cooling rack.
11. Cool completely.
12. Pipe edge of each cookie with white decorator icing, if desired.

butter, brown sugar, egg, flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking soda, chocolate, white decorator icing

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3331/easy-gingerbreads (may not work)