Gingerbread Cookies, Part 1
Making the perfect gingerbread cookies isn't easy.
First you have to find a recipe. I haven't found my perfect gingerbread recipe yet, but the one I used today from epicurious.com was not bad. I would add more spices than it calls for.
This is the molasses, sugar, and spices after baking soda is poured in. Follow the recipe's advice to use a large pot, because look how much two cups' worth of liquid puffed up!
Roll out to 1/8 or 1/4" thick, cut out cookies, and re-roll the scraps. I rolled the scraps two or three times and the cookies all turned out fine.
Tomorrow: photos of baked and decorated cookies.
First you have to find a recipe. I haven't found my perfect gingerbread recipe yet, but the one I used today from epicurious.com was not bad. I would add more spices than it calls for.
This is the molasses, sugar, and spices after baking soda is poured in. Follow the recipe's advice to use a large pot, because look how much two cups' worth of liquid puffed up!
Add flour and salt, mix, and knead for a minute until glossy and oily rather than sticky.
Roll out to 1/8 or 1/4" thick, cut out cookies, and re-roll the scraps. I rolled the scraps two or three times and the cookies all turned out fine.Tomorrow: photos of baked and decorated cookies.
posted by Pei at
9:47 PM
3 Comments:
omg i looovveee gingerbread men! i can't wait to see the finished product!
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jo, At
12/18/2006 12:25:00 AM
So, we're doing the "giant gingerbread men's x'mas" themed cake, eh? - T.
By
Anonymous, At
12/18/2006 12:21:00 PM
Maybe. Maybe. I'm feeling very schizophrenic about the whole thing.
By
Pei-Hsuen, At
12/18/2006 12:57:00 PM
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