Christmas Gingerbread

This is the recipe my mother uses to frost gingerbread cookies at Christmas. 

Gingerbread Cookie Mix layered in a one quart canning jar. Great Christmas gift. Place a circle of gingerbread fabric between lid and ring and tie a gingerbread man cookie cutter onto jar with ribbon! 

This is a very tasty Christmas dessert. This recipe is very nice for Christmas parties as it makes 2 1/2 dozen 2 1/2 inch cookies. 

This is a wonderful recipe from Colonial Williamsburg. 

This is the BEST recipe for gingerbread cookies I have ever tasted. It looks complicated, but isn't. I have used this recipe for many years and always get compliments on it. 

Vanilla cake mix is jazzed up with molasses, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg for a fast and easy cupcake bursting with holiday flavors. 

A wonderful change of pace for the holiday season. Moist and spicy cake balanced by creamy, soft frosting. 

You can roll out gingerbread dough into rectangular sheets for walls, cut out windows, and bake. Same for the roof. When done you can fit them together with icing 'glue' and paint them with colored icing. First decide what size and draw each piece (front, back, ends and roof on paper such as typing or computer paper and fit them together to see how it will look when completed. You can also cut out shingles and 'glue' them in place after the rest is assembled. Use the paper pattern as a guide for cutting each piece out of the dough before you bake it. Decorate with icing and decorative candies. 

These are gingerbread people. 

Doesn't need molasses!!!! 

Hansel and Gretel would have loved them..... 

These Gingerbread Men Cookies are as cute as can be. If desired, decorate with raisins, currants or cinnamon red hot candies for eyes and buttons. Or, pipe untinted or colored icing onto cookies. 

Gingerbread and pears are combined in a beautiful and tasty upside down cake that is a delightful blend of fruit and spice. 

Every child in the neighborhood has requested this recipe for their Mom. I haven't found a recipe that compares!  

These snappy gingerbread straws add an eye-catching twist to the usual gingerbread cookies. 

These spicy whoopie pies are flavored with cinnamon, ginger, and molasses. Filled with a cream cheese frosting, they make a fun treat. 

Gingerbread bar cookies. 

Gingerbread cookies are even better when they're flavored with peanut butter. 

A delicious gingerbread cookie from historic Nauvoo, Illinois. These used to be made by Mormon pioneers in the 1840's 

This Panamanian ginger bread is spicy and hot with the addition of fresh ginger.