Here's another Christmas throwback from when I was little and baking gingerbread cookies! Note the perfect looking shapes behind me thanks to my mum being an expert at this kind of thing. I attempted the EXACT same recipe this week and totally failed :( Initially when I tried to roll out the dough it was too soft...upon closer inspection of the recipe it appeared you're supposed to leave it in the fridge for 4 hours. Oops! So we left it in there for four days...just to be sure (no actually I just forgot about it!). Then when we tried again after waiting that long the shapes still kept falling apart! Now I'm realising the only difference I made was using self-raising flour as we were out of plain...I'm going to assume that's what made them all fail?! I'm sure any expert bakers out there will let me know!
Anyway we will try again this weekend :) In the meantime we can admire my mum's!
Oooo little Eduardo!!!! So So much similar!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, if there was any doubt that Eduardo looks just like you Anna, with this picture, all thoughts to the contrary can be laid to rest ;)
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute and funny story! This recipe is great, I used it last year and it's the best gingerbread I've tasted! http://laurenslittleblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/how-to-make-gingerbread-house.html
ReplyDeleteI don't remember putting it in the fridge and it turned out fine, maybe try this one? It's taken from the recipe on the back of the gingerbread house mould I got from Lakeland if that helps :D x
You look so much like Eduardo here! :)
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What a beautiful photo!!!! To me you look EXACTLY like Eduardo! Gorgeous little baker Anna!
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genuinely eduardo in a wig !!!!! so stunning X
ReplyDeletethat ia genuinely eduardo in a wig !!!!!! so stunning X
ReplyDeleteLittle Edwardo looks so much like you. Emilia looks so much like Johnathan
ReplyDeleteI love this post it is so me. I would do that lol
ReplyDeleteSelf-raising flour will definitely make a difference in the outcome of the cookies; I bet if you tried again with plain flour and chilling the dough for the recommended time, it'll turn out great! :)
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ReplyDeleteGreat post here you have created.
Truly instructive and pleasant post - much obliged! Little did I know the next morning I would wake up in a cookie baking mood. So I gave her a call and went to making the dough! MiMi came to help bake cookies too. We had a great time baking together and ended up with a lot of sweet creations. They both came back the next day to help decorate. It was so much fun to bake and decorate with them! I'm trusting my experience will be a positive one
usefull for us.
Thanks,
Frank
I think making gingerbread biscuits has such warm connotations of winter and Christmas, especially with family. Lovely post,
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