Ingredients:
5 cups of whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sea salt
1 cup butter
2/3 cup honey
2/3 cup molasses
1 egg
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium bowl, mix the ginger, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda, and salt with the flour. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter, honey, and molasses together.
Add the egg and mix well. Add the dry ingredients to the honey molasses mixture in three batches.
Mix well after each addition, stirring until smooth. Divide the dough in half and chill for 1 hour. Roll out the dough (1/8" to 1/4" thick). Cut out gingerbread people with floured cookie cutters.
Decorate with raisins and nuts.
Bake for ten minutes or until slightly brown around the edges.
Remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire rack.
These are great plain, but we also like to make a thin icing with confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and water to decorate with (just put the sugar in a bowl and add water until you have the consistency you desire).
Sprinkles and other candies are also fun.
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