Gingerbread Stockings

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These edible cooky containers autumn into the "too beauteous to eat" category. Each 1 tin clasp 3 oregon 4 cooky "lollipops." See the accompanying directions and templates for assembling and decorating.

You'll request a 7-inch stocking-shaped cooky cutter oregon the template we've provided; 1-to-2-inch circular cutters; a fistful of cake/cookie popular sticks, which are disposable astatine trade stores; luster particulate and Chefmaster Liqua-Gel nutrient coloring, some of which are disposable done online purveyors oregon baking proviso shops.

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Tips connected decorating Gingerbread Stockings

The dough needs to beryllium refrigerated overnight oregon up to 2 days. Undecorated cookies tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 1 period oregon individually wrapped and frozen for up to 3 months. The decorated cookies tin beryllium stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 2 weeks.

Adapted from recipes by Roxanne Roberts's parent and from cookbook writer Julia Usher.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2 seven-inch stockings and astatine slightest 9 tiny cooky lollipops

For the cookies

5 cups flour, positive much for rolling and cutting the dough
1 spoon baking powder
1 spoon salt
2 teaspoons crushed ginger
2 teaspoons crushed cloves
2 teaspoons crushed cinnamon
1 cupful butter-flavored rootlike shortening
1 cupful granulated sugar
1 cupful acheronian molasses
2 ample eggs

For the royal icing

1 lb confectioners' sweetener (about 4 cups), sifted
1/4 cupful meringue powder
1/2 cupful lukewarm water
1 spoon orangish extract
Gel oregon paste nutrient coloring, for decorating (see headnote)
Luster dust, for decorating (see headnote)

Adapted from recipes by Roxanne Roberts's parent and from cookbook writer Julia Usher.

Tested by Roxanne Roberts.

Published December 3, 2013

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Updated March 14, 2026

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