Top Secret Gingerbread!

I recently was lucky enough to get a gingerbread recipe from a friend of ours. It was her mother's and it is the best I've ever had! I am trying to acquire a few recipes that can become somewhat signature for me. This is the first one!

This recipe allows the cookies to still stay soft yet able to be rolled and shaped! Be sure to use COOKING Molasses when you make gingerbread. I used Fancy Molasses the first time (it was already in my pantry) and the cookies were not the same. They were a light brown color and if you had never had the original - you would have thought quite good. I knew differently though.

So of course I sent the rejects to my husband's work (they will eat anything) and made an entirely new batch! The recipe makes 3 discs like the one above and about 3 large freezer bags full of cookies once baked. It is a huge batch!

Decorating was a disaster. Definitely not my favorite thing to do. After 2 separate attempts I gave up and ended up at Superstore at 9 pm one night. This is what I brought home. They were fantastic!!! I used almost 6 full tubes to do just the little bit of icing I did - but boy was it hassle free!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

CC.