Gingerbread People by Rachel Paxton Gingerbread cookies are a fun family activity during the holiday season.  All you need to get started are some  gingerbread people cookie cutters and your imagination. You can make your own frosting.  I like to buy different colored frosting in tubes that come with the different tips ready to attach and frost.  It's a lot less work and mess, and you can use them over and over again. Use a variety of candies to decorate, like raisins, red hots, gum drops, etc.  Mine are nothing fancy, but still cute and fun to make. Gingerbread Cookie Recipe 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. shortening 1 egg 1/2 c. light molasses 2 1/4 c. flour 4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. all spice Cream sugar and shortening.  Add egg and molasses; blend.  Mix in dry ingredients.  Chill dough for 1 hour.  Roll out dough to 1/8 in. thickness.  Cut into desired shapes. Bake at 350° for 8 to 9 minutes.