Gingerbread and Peppermint Paradise

By Allison Joy

No matter what holiday you’re celebrating this season, we can all agree that gingerbread men are freaking delicious and adorable. Cook up a batch of these cute lil’ guys and wash them down with a shot of chocolate syrup and peppermint Schnapps. Here’s to a wonderful holiday season!

Gingerbread Men

1 (3.5 oz) package butterscotch pudding mix

½ cup butter

½ cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ tsp baking soda

1 ½ tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1. In a medium sized bowl, mix dry pudding mix, butter, and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in egg.

2. Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon and mix. Stir into the pudding mixture. Cover and chill for an hour until firm.

3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking sheet.

4. On a floured board, roll dough to 1/8” thickness and cut into gingerbread man shapes with a cookie cutter, or freestyle by hand. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.

5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool and serve!

Chocolate Peppermint Schnapps

Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

Peppermint Schnapps

1. Pour a portion of chocolate syrup into your mouth.

2. Take a shot of peppermint schnapps and let the syrup mix.