Ginger and Spice Cutout Cookies hold their shape while baking and are a dream to decorate. The finished cookies are pretty whether decorated with careful attention or with a few quick drizzles of vanilla icing and colorful sugar sprinkles.
Tag: Gingerbread
Zoom Break – Gingerbread Smoothie
This Gingerbread Smoothie combines fresh ginger, fall spices and a deep forward note of molasses in an invigorating seasonal drink that doubles as a nutritious snack.
Gingerbread Loaf with Marbled Whipped Cream
Gingerbread is one of my favorite flavors and a great place to begin my seasonal baking. I love the combination of spices here, including sweet cardamom, spicy pepper, warm ancho chile and rich cocoa powder. A slice of this deliciously spiced bread with a cup of coffee or warm apple cider is a wonderful way to stave off the chill of the season.
Gingerbread Cookies
One of the high points of holiday baking this year was a new recipe for Gingerbread Cookies. These cookies are festively fragrant with cinnamon and ginger and sparkle with crunchy sugar crystals. They make a nice addition to a holiday cookie plate. They also freeze well and are delicious straight out of the freezer and gingerly dipped in your morning coffee.
Gingerbread Streusel Coffee Cake
Crushed ginger cookies add texture to the streusel crumbs as a robust blend of holiday spices lends festive flavor to this Gingerbread Coffee Cake. Warm from the oven it makes a nice addition to a weekend or holiday breakfast. It tastes great with a warm cup of coffee or Mulled Cider.
Gingerbread Scones
A pinch of ginger is the perfect way to dress up favorite recipes, both sweet and savory, for the holidays. Take these fragrant Gingerbread Scones for example. The addition of warm spices and a measure of molasses add something special on a cold winter morning. They also appeal to the senses at teatime or as an after dinner treat.
Spicy Molasses Crinkles
I used my small cookie scoop to form the dough for these half-sized ginger cookies, before dropping the balls into a pan of sugar to coat. The result was my idea of perfect Molasses Crinkles: small, fragrant, spicy, a bit crispy on the outside while still soft on the inside. These spicy gems offer a little taste of Christmas in every delicious bite.
Traditional Gingerbread Cookies
This week I am back to doing it old-school, so old-school that my recipe is adapted from The Art of Cookery, published in London in 1760. This recipe for Ginger-Bread Cakes or Cookies…
White Pepper and Ginger Lemon Cake
Ginger has a pleasing spiciness that can take some interesting turns. In this cake it pairs with white pepper, lending a gentle clean heat to its own alluring fire. Then a fresh lemon glaze brightens the finish of our White Pepper and Ginger Lemon Cake. Together, the light color and medley of flavor notes offers a unique riff on a classic holiday gingerbread.
Gingerbread Pancakes
Despite a long list of to-dos, I made time to indulge in a blissful gray morning that just begged for Gingerbread Pancakes. Spicy but not too rich, these were just the thing to capture the grace and wonder of the holiday season.
Pfefferneusse (Peppernuts)
Easy to make, wonderfully fragrant and delicious, these are now a holiday favorite at our house. To make these little Peppernuts I doubled the quantity of ground spices in the original recipe and added some clear sugar crystals for sparkle and crunch. Try these little bite-sized cookies to enjoy the flavor and fragrance of the season.
Gingerbread Biscotti
A rich blend of candied ginger and holiday spices adds a lingering warmth to the robust flavor of these delicious cookies. Sweetened with molasses and brown sugar, studded with nuts and drizzled with white chocolate, Gingerbread Biscotti pair well with a warm cup of coffee. They also hold up well to dipping, if you dare.