The Recipe for the Perfect Man (Gingerbread)

Gingerbread Man Recipe (passed on by Mum)
This is the Perfect Man Recipe (No trouble at all. And sweet as can be. Shape him any way you want. No problem. Never talks back. Smiles Constantly. He'll even decorate the tree.)

One cup butter softened. One cup brown sugar. One half cup molasses. 4 cups flour. Two and half tsp. ground sugar. One and 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon. One half tsp. One half tsp.salt. Easy as you add the flour. Chill dough for two hours. Bake at 350 degree for ten to twelve minutes.

If you want to give him a smiling face. 2-1/4 cups powdered sugar..2-1/2 tbls vegetable oil. 1-1/2-3 Tbls water. Pinch of salt. Food coloring if desired. (This recipe came from a Cand H sugar add quite a ways back. This is a good recipe, recommended by Mum
(Erin reccomends the recipe on the back of the mollasses--this may be the same)