If you enjoy the Starbucks Gingerbread loaf then this recipe is for you! Visit here for RECIPE details.
Vintage Gingerbread Man & Girl Valentine’s Day Greetings
Just because Christmas is over does not mean our LOVE of Gingerbread is over! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we cannot think of a sweeter way to your “sweetie” just how much you Love you them then by a vintage / retro Valentine greeting card and how about making a Valentine’s Day themed Gingerbead House. Check back real soon as we will post all kinds of Valentines Gingerbread Houses!! Click on pics to enlarge. These are also referred to as Anthropomorphic greetings cards.
On Sale! Juicy Couture Limited Edition “Gingerbread Man” Charm
If you didn’t get the Juicy Couture Limited Edition “Gingerbread Man” Charm for Christmas, don’t be sad because you can get it for yourself and it’s on SALE! Bloomingdales has the Juicy Couture Limited Edition ” 2010 Gingerbread Man” Charm and yes, lots of other charms too but they are almost all on sale and prices are great. Many of collect the Juicy Couture charms so hurry on over to the Bloomingdales’s website and grab that cup of coffee or hot cocoa and start shopping!
Petco wrapping up season with Gingerbread Dog Chews
All year, our pup enjoys her little rawhide chews. Keeps her teeth clean and gives her something to do rather than watching what we are cooking.
In Petco last weekend, we saw they were discounting their holiday chews and toys. Right up front where these fun rawhide chews… Gingerbread Men!! They are actually pretty big, these would take our pup a long time to work through. The chews don’t go bad just because it isn’t the holiday season, that is only for us. For dogs, they just know it’s a treat year around.
Remember this post a month ago? (Where do you start when eating your Gingerbread Man Cookie) I wonder if this is the case with dogs eating their Gingerbread Men too. Ha!
Gingerbread Fun continues at Antique Stores
As our little fun Gingerbread holiday bits and pieces go back into boxes, one place has the fun year round. Walking through our local Antique store this weekend we were greeted with a smiling face of a new Gingerbread Man pitcher. Well, new to us, it’s a few years old.
Looking around, we saw all kinds of fun Gingerbread items we just can’t live without. Some are very holiday based, others are cute kitchen items that will look great year around. Need a Gingerbread Man fix, just buzz by your local Antique store.
When Gingerbread Houses go green, the modern Gingerbread House
You knew it would happen, Gingerbread Houses step outside of the cute cottage world and go modern. Sure, we still build the fun little houses with the family. Looking like the many children stories that we grew up with.
Some rather creative folks make their Gingerbread Houses look like buildings and houses we know. While others give us a glimse of things yet to come.
We found a small collection of houses that while they are still Gingerbread in color, they are ‘green’ in what they represent. Houses with windmills, houses with recycled water of little blue gumdrops and houses that in the real world are made of bamboo.
Making your own White House Gingerbread House
This year’s house created by chef Bill Yosses is weighing in at 350 lbs. It is actually made from Gingerbread but is then covered with White Chocolate.
From the side, you can see the garden.
And, just for good reference, here is last year’s house. Bo the dog gets to be in with both year’s houses.
Now, the part where you make your own. The first step is to get your hands on Yosses’ recipe. Which, lucky for us this year, he has shared!
The basic ingredients are what you would expect:
8 oz (2 sticks) butter, soft
2 cups dark brown sugar
2 eggs, large
1 cup molasses
7 cups All Purpose flour
¼ tsp ginger ground
¼ tsp cinnamon, ground
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Lemon zest from 1 lemon
Orange zest from 1 orange
So we don’t get in trouble here for copying something provided by the White House, your next step will be to jump over to the Obama Food blog to get the order or mixing, etc…
If you have ever wondered about the history and facts of the White House yearly Gingerbread House, the same site has it all, starting with the Nixons.
Update: we were just told about a version of Bill Yosse’s Gingerbread cookies made with Splenda is also available.
Gingerbread Men Dog Treats, fun for the whole family
Anytime you have a Gingerbread Man cookie in hand, you will find your family pet is not far away. They can tell they are missing out on something since everyone smiles when eating their cookies, and the Gingerbread aroma is hard to miss.
Our dogs will now be able to join in on the fun with Pawsitively Gourmet Classic Gingerbread Man Cookies for Dogs
Snap together Gingerbread Cookie Toys for Kids
Not all Gingerbread Cookies are editable. We are not talking about poorly cooked cookies, but rather Gingerbread Men and Women decorations, and now… kids toys!
We found these fun little toy set (small, so not for kids under 3) of all kinds of Gingerbread Men and Gingerbread Women. “Learning Resources – Smart Snacks Gingerbread Sort & Snap”
Making Gingerbread Men Cookies on the iPad and iPhone
No, don’t use your iPad as a serving tray or a plate for your cookies in the oven. This is more about having fun making ‘digital’ cookies on your iPad or iPhone. The application available through the iTunes app store is ‘Cookie Doodle‘.
With the app, you choose your dough, roll it out, choose the cookie cutter, bake and then decorate to make them ‘your’ creations. Your cookies can be saved as an image or sent out with an email right from your iPad and iPhone. One cookie doesn’t say what you want to say? You can create a plate of cookies to share, giving you more oportunities to show your Gingerbread decorating creative side. Grab your copy of Cookie Doodle for a bit of family fun too, there is no charge to make endless number of cookies after the initial 99 cents for the app.
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