Nothing says Christmas to me like making gingerbread. Making the dough, smelling the nutmeg, cutting the shapes, icing the cookies. At the end of summer I decided I would start preparing for Christmas and try out a gingerbread recipe. I've made gingerbread a few times before, but have used various recipes with varying results. As it’s always a year between bakes I forget which were the good ones. I wanted to find one I could rely on to always make good tasting biscuits. For this bake I used the recipe from my “Primrose Bakery” book. And it does taste good!
It was also a chance for me to try out making my own piping bags from greaseproof paper, as suggested in the book when using small quantities of icing in lots of colours! I was super happy with the results.
...And, I tried out my dinosaur cookie cutter! I also iced some up like Dr Who, the 11th, he’s wearing a bow-tie and a fez. I might have to make these again, just so I can make some more gingerbread Dr’s.
