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The recipe is from the Food Network's Alex Guarnaschelli. Wally and Theo didn't make the orange icing part of it (too much fuss for them icing or decorating cookies), but I can imagine that this would be a very tasty addition. If you are interested in trying them, here's the link: gingerbread cookies.
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But Wait, There's more:
I mentioned that Wally and Theo didn't want to fuss with icing or decorating their cookies. Well, I didn't even want to cut out the batch I made. I just rolled out the dough and put the entire rolled sheet of dough on the pan and baked it. And you know what, my pan tasted just as good as the ones they cut out and baked. Have I mentioned that I don't like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking or baking?
I obviously think like Wally and Theodore; I'm just about to do the same thing this week for co-workers (instead of cards), kids' teachers, Cubs Xmas party, my German Stammtisch Xmas get together and a musical evening...mmmm I think I need to do more than one batch. And I shall definitely be using my new bargain Xmas cookie cutters!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you did a lot of cookie and candy making this weekend. We have some more cookie baking planned, but not sure if we will get to it.
DeleteI've made one batch and like you I'm not sure if I'll get to the next batch, so I've scaled down the biscuit-making operation for now. I'm always too optimistic about what I can achieve in a short amount of time.
ReplyDeleteI love this! Especially the last batch. Sometimes, how they taste is so much more important than how they look!
ReplyDeleteWhen I've had it with a batch of dough, and don't want to roll and cut any more. I just make a log and refrigerate it until firm. Then I do slice and bake cookies. I can't tell you how many batches of cut-out sugar cookies have become slice and bakes!
Somewhere, in a catalog or kitchen store, I once saw a rolling cutter whose shapes tessellated. Wouldn't that be great to have! Just zip on down the dough, with very little scrap dough to deal with.
I love the idea of a tessellated cookie cutter--especially since I don't eat raw cookie dough any more (the whole raw egg thing). Before, I was happy to have scraps around that I nibbled on.
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