November 28, 2007

have been craving ginger like mad the last few days. Ginger beef for breakfast and 2 dinners and now gingerbread cookies. I went to grab some coffee for my co-workers since I was out and about picking up pictures for an article and I broke down and bought a 90-cent cookie. Besides the insulation for the pumphouse and new windshield wipers (as it was getting to be a hazard driving), I have bought nothing other than gas for my truck, milk, butter and animal feed in the last 5 weeks. So I decided I deserved a treat of a gingerbread man. Now I am craving more of them.

Molasses Gingerbread Men

2 3/4 cup  sifted flour
1/3 cup  brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup  dark molasses
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 egg, well beaten
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup  melted shortening or butter
1 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and sugar into bowl. Add brown
sugar, molasses, egg, and melted shortening. Stir to mix thoroughly. Chill
dough for at least one hour. Roll on floured board to 1/4" thickness. Cut
with floured cutters and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 375 degrees for
8 to 10 minutes.

After the cookies are baked, you can decorate them. 

(picture left- poor fellow, I ate his legs off 1st. I always feel slightly guilty, ever watch 'Shrek'?)

Cinnamon Bear Episode 3: Stranded in Looking Glass Valley
Conscience stricken, the stork returns to the hapless trio and flies them out of the valley. They locate a sleeping Crazy Quilt with the silver star at the tip of his nose. Paddy awakens the dragon and a scared Crazy Quilt drops the star into the Root Beer Ocean.