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we just made gingerbread houses to form a community. my little cousin vageesh named the town "cool'sville".
Gingerbread Man Cookies Recipe
* 3 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
* 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter (room temperature, softened)
* 1/2 cup dark-brown sugar, packed
* 1 Tbsp ground ginger
* 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
* 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
* Optional raisins, chocolate chips, candy pieces, frosting
Royal Icing
* 1 egg white
* 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
* 1 3/4 cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
Method
1 In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and spices. Set aside.
2 In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Mix in eggs and molasses. Gradually add the flour mixture; combine on low speed. (You may need to work it with your hands to incorporate the last bit of flour.) Divide dough in thirds; wrap each third in plastic. Chill for at least 1 hour or overnight. Before rolling out, let sit at room temperature for 5-10 minutes. If after refrigerating the dough feels too soft to roll-out, work in a little more flour.
3 Heat oven to 350°. Place a dough third on a large piece of lightly floured parchment paper or wax paper. Using a rolling pin, roll dough 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate again for 5-10 minutes to make it easier to cut out the cookies. Use either a cookie cutter or place a stencil over the dough and use a knife to cut into desired shapes. Press raisins, chocolate chips, or candy pieces in the center of each cookie if desired for "buttons".
4 Transfer to ungreased baking sheets. Bake until crisp but not darkened, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Let sit a few minutes and then use a metal spatula to transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate as desired.
Makes 16 5-inch long cookies.
Royal Icing
The traditional way to make Royal Icing is to beat egg whites and lemon juice together, adding the powdered sugar until the mixture holds stiff peaks. With modern concerns about salmonella from raw eggs, you can either use powdered egg whites or heat the egg whites first to kill any bacteria. With the heating method, mix the egg white and lemon juice with a third of the sugar, heat in a microwave until the mixture's temperature is 160°F. Then remove from microwave, and beat in the remaining sugar until stiff peaks form. Using the powdered egg whites method, combine 1 Tbsp egg white powder with 2 Tbsp water. Proceed as you would otherwise. (Raw egg white alternatives from the 2006 Joy of Cooking)
If the icing is too runny, add more powdered sugar until you get the desired consistency. Fill a piping bag with the icing to pipe out into different shapes. (Or use a plastic sandwich bag, with the tip of one corner of the bag cut off.) Keep the icing covered while you work with it or it will dry out.
Gingerbread Muffins topped with mini gingerbread cookies. Recipe by Nigella Lawson - Feast.
For the recipe visit my blog Paris Pastry:
Can you guess which ones I did and which ones my other half decorated?
These are our presents to my husband's side of the family - we're focussing on the neices who need things for the next 18 years and everyone else has enough so they get the real presents. There's a large contingent of us trying to phase out gift-giving since we're really all broke.
Here's a hint - I have a steady hand...
6S held a Gingerbread man decorating party to celebrate the season. Each 6S'er decorated their Gingerbread man to resemble themselves. Pretty sure we are going to stick with what we do best - Internet marketing!
6S held a Gingerbread man decorating party to celebrate the season. Each 6S'er decorated their Gingerbread man to resemble themselves. Pretty sure we are going to stick with what we do best - Internet marketing!
Made these guys today...I know gingerbread men and gingerbread bears have nothing to do with Easter, but I don't have any bunny cookie cutters! They were yummy though!
Completed house with piped roof tiles, peppermint sugar windows, candy cane supports, and gingerbread trees.
Gingerbread baby carriage with flood icing. One of my first projects. Another Teresa Layman design from her book, Gingerbread for All Seasons (Abradale Books).
Stefan made his gingerbread house without us, so we don't have pictures of that. Chris wanted help to make his - and a good thing! The roof kept falling apart! Note the columns we added to help keep it up!
December 2008-This is my first attempt at a gingerbread house, something a good friend has been trying to get me to make for some time. I baked the gingerbread using her recipe and pattern. The trees are sugar cones covered with royal icing. The snowman and Santa are marshmallow candies.
Stefan made his gingerbread house without us, so we don't have pictures of that. Chris wanted help to make his - and a good thing! The roof kept falling apart! Note the columns we added to help keep it up!
Brown Sugar Pound Cake fro Martha Stewart, turned into a Gingerbread Pound Cake!
Recipe: www.parislovespastry.com/2012/12/amazing-gingerbread-poun...
Stefan made his gingerbread house without us, so we don't have pictures of that. Chris wanted help to make his - and a good thing! The roof kept falling apart! Note the columns we added to help keep it up!
Every year we make gingerbread men with Hallie's old/future next door neighbors. The camera was forgotten so no pictures of actual cookie making were taken :(
A dark gingerbread cupcake baked with chunks of stem ginger, topped with a light, creamy ginger buttercream.
Vancouver, Washington - This model is an entry in the annual gingerbread design competition to benefit local groups. Sponsored in part by dsp Architecture.
A gingerbread cake adorned with vintage deer and tree cupcake toppers and dusted with powdered sugar to create freshly fallen snow.
Stefan made his gingerbread house without us, so we don't have pictures of that. Chris wanted help to make his - and a good thing! The roof kept falling apart! Note the columns we added to help keep it up!
Stefan made his gingerbread house without us, so we don't have pictures of that. Chris wanted help to make his - and a good thing! The roof kept falling apart! Note the columns we added to help keep it up!
The 2025 National Gingerbread House Competition
The Omni Grove Park Inn & Spa
Asheville, North Carolina
In 2006, the Mall of America was home to the world's largest gingerbread house. Being a gingerbread aficionado, I decided to see this thing up close. It was almost entirely edible.
Opening in 1992, the Mall of America is the largest shopping mall in the United States (and perhaps the world, when all things are considered). It has a gross area of 4.2 million square feet which contains 500+ shops, restaurants, clubs, an underground aquarium, cinema, flight simulators, LEGO Imagination Center, and theme park. It even boasts 20,000 parking spaces and a dedicated light rail station. In a recent survey, Mall of America was the 2nd most visited tourist destination in the United States, bringing in around 40 million visitors per year.