Ninjabread Men (Inspired By Mrs. Fields)

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   Pre heat oven to 325 degrees. Whisk together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, pepper and cloves in a big bowl.

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   In large bowl with an electric mixer cream butter and sugar for roughly six minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add egg and molasses, and beat on medium speed until smooth. Scrape bowl and add the flour mixture. Blend on low speed until combined.

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   Split the dough into two balls and flatten them into disks. Wrap each one with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

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   Flour a clean, flat surface generously. Flour a rolling pin, then roll out one of the disks to about 1/4 of an inch. Flour your ninja cookie cutters, and then cut out as many men as you can. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet. Reroll the scraps and repeat the process until all the dough is gone.

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   Bake the ninjas at 325 for 9-11 minutes or until slightly darkened around the edges. Pull them out of the oven and (carefully!) place them on a rack to cool completely.

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   If you can't find black frosting, dye the white frosting black. Use the frosting to decorate your ninjas any way you'd like.

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