Happy holidays, you guys!
If you have been reading our blog for a while, then you know how obsessed I am with this one particular gingerbread cookie recipe. I just love it. I love this recipe because like a good husband in a Hallmark Christmas movie, it’s stress-free, dependable, easy to deal with, great looking, and FUN! 🙂
Last year I built a replica of a store called Candy Shop Vintage here in Charleston, made entirely out of gingerbread from this recipe. Here is a peek…
Candy Shop Vintage Gingerbread “Shop”
This past week, we used the same gingerbread recipe to create two different cookies. The first was a batch of “Happy Camper Christmas Ornaments,” which we made to go on gift bags for teachers. Also, I do not have a cookie cutter for Airstream trailers, so I just rolled out the dough and used a sharp knife to create the general shape of trailers. It worked so great, that I started to think about all of the other shapes you could cut out without an actual cutter. Leg lamps? Christmas Sweaters? I could go on and on….
To decorate these gingerbread ornaments, we used royal icing, as it is so easy to make, tasty, and it holds up really well.
DIY Gingerbread Christmas Ornaments with Royal Icing
With the same batch of gingerbread, we made these (oh-so-fancy) Christmas cut-out cookies. My eight year old daughter and her best buddy did a lovely job on the decorating. 🙂 To top the cookies we used royal icing and tons, and tons, and tons of sprinkles, of course!
Also, see those round gingerbread cookies in the photo below? I hate to admit it but those are gingersnaps that came from a box at the grocery store. The girls were having so much fun decorating that we used the store bought cookies to keep the gingerbread decorating going once our homemade dough was all gone. They were really delicious as well!
Basic Gingerbread Cut-out Cookies
What kind of fun are you having this year with gingerbread? Please share photos and details of your holiday creations – I would love to post them on the blog!
Happy holidays!
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