This holiday I cheated and used a boxed gingerbread cookie mix. I have a few of these shortcuts I use during the holidays because it makes life easier. Next year I may use gravy in a package as I had a lot of difficulty this year getting the right consistency. These little shortcuts are vital to my holiday sanity.
When the dust begins to settle I return to making things from scratch. One of which was Nigella’s Sticky Gingerbread. It was therapeutic to shred fresh ginger and boil molasses with corn syrup. It smelt like Christmas and made enough for an entire cake sheet! It also filled the house with the smell of yummy gingerbread goodness as it baked who needs scented candles? I brought it to J’s family’s Christmas dinner. It was a huge hit. It was sweet, moist and had a strong spicey flavour. The recipe was even requested J’s aunt who is an amazing cook and has her own amazing cooking repertoire. I still have some left over and steal away little pieces through out the day in order to savour that taste of Christmas. A+
When the dust begins to settle I return to making things from scratch. One of which was Nigella’s Sticky Gingerbread. It was therapeutic to shred fresh ginger and boil molasses with corn syrup. It smelt like Christmas and made enough for an entire cake sheet! It also filled the house with the smell of yummy gingerbread goodness as it baked who needs scented candles? I brought it to J’s family’s Christmas dinner. It was a huge hit. It was sweet, moist and had a strong spicey flavour. The recipe was even requested J’s aunt who is an amazing cook and has her own amazing cooking repertoire. I still have some left over and steal away little pieces through out the day in order to savour that taste of Christmas. A+
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