And I had but one penny in the world. Thou should'st have it to buy gingerbread.
~William Shakespeare "Love's Labour's Lost"
Cream sugar, molasses, & shortening. Add ginger,soda in water and flour, flour, flour...
Knead in more flour. Roll out dough...
Cut out shapes
Bake @ 350 degrees
Decorate
Finished just in time for Master Horatio Rabbit's tea.
oh, these are so sweet!
ReplyDeleteI just love everything about Gingerbread people - the taste, their shape, the frosting. It's all so happy!
Yummy indeed!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to make gingerbread men with my still too young grandson.
Your decorations are lovely!!
Marion...I do too! It's always a messy, fun time.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth...this batch of gingerbread men was all about my friend MJ. She did the mixing, the cutting, the decorating. What fun we had! Making gingerbread men is a favorite of my grandson.
What beautiful gingerbread men. You and MJ such creative people. Love the blogs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post! There is such magic when it comes to gingerbread men ... and anticipation! We see them being made, too!
ReplyDeleteLove Mr Gingerbread dancing!
ReplyDeleteTeresa - if you scroll down my blog, there's a note about the cameras. Also this post?
http://elephantseyegarden.blogspot.com/2010/10/first-day-with-his-new-camera.html
Carol...thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. MJ and I do enjoy letting the creative juices flow once in a while and we sure have fun doing it.
ReplyDeleteaguja...I so agree, gingerbread men and women are indeed magical.
Diana...You just can't keep a good gingerbread man still. Thanks for the info about your camera. I'll check it out.
I love this post, it reminds me of my childhood! I've only just found your blog, but I'm so glad that I did. I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts.
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