Gingerbread Friends | Emerils.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup molasses
• 6 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed for rolling out the dough
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• GLAZE:
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 5 tablespoons whole milk