Gingerbread Men Cookies are as cute as can be. If desired, decorate with raisins, currants or cinnamon red hot candies for eyes and buttons.

A fun idea is to use the Gingerbread Men as decorations for your Christmas tree or even as gift tags.

Ingredients :

• 3.5 ounce of package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
• 1 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of packed brown sugar
• 1, 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp of ground ginger
• 1 tsp of ground cinnamon

Method:

1. Take a medium bowl put in dry butterscotch pudding mix, butter and brown sugar until smooth to form a cream.
2. Add the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon into the pudding mixture and stir it well.
3. Cover and chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.
4. Preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C.
5. Grease baking sheets.
6. On a floured board, roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into man shapes using a cookie cutter.
7. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden at the edges.