tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post4963831362174219453..comments2024-03-28T12:15:59.787+01:00Comments on Beyond the Lone Islands: GingerbreadDawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-80038346178805124582018-12-10T18:13:15.980+01:002018-12-10T18:13:15.980+01:00Meike, with that Plätzchen diet it's a mystery...Meike, with that Plätzchen diet it's a mystery to me how you manage to stay so slim! :) ... My gingerbread recipe has two more types of sugar in it as well (brown and white) - besides the treacle that I forgot... So taste-wise I think they're still ok. The dough just got a bit harder to handle and the cookies perhaps also slightly less "snappy" than usual... DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-49891723601530326122018-12-10T18:01:12.032+01:002018-12-10T18:01:12.032+01:00I love ginger bread and ginger cookies (biscuits) ...I love ginger bread and ginger cookies (biscuits) and have not had any homemade ones since my mother made them as a child.. I can almost smell them now. I am surprised they don't mold and that your mothers retained the smell that long... MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-65027104908207510672018-12-10T17:39:24.479+01:002018-12-10T17:39:24.479+01:00Ginny, I've never even heard of gingerbread pa...Ginny, I've never even heard of gingerbread pancakes before! :o<br />When I read about the Roman soldiers eating gingerbread, it made me think of "lembas", the bread made by the elves in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings... ;)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-28302931443570146742018-12-10T08:12:45.894+01:002018-12-10T08:12:45.894+01:00They look fine, Monica, and although I think cooki...They look fine, Monica, and although I think cookies need plenty of sugar (otherwise, I'll prefer a slice of bread), the other spices combined do no doubt provide a very nice Christmassy taste :-)<br />We have a proper baker in the family. He makes 12 or 13 types of Christmas cookies (Plätzchen) in one single afternoon, and the look like straight out of a recipe book, and taste wonderful. He distributes them in the family; I have a very large tin of them in my living room and ration them to myself to 6 or 7 every night, so that they should last me almost until Christmas. Therefore, no baking of my own while this very nice family tradition lasts :-)<br />I loved baking with my Mum, though, when I still lived at home. I have never managed to get my favourite cookies (Heidesand) like my Mum, although I have her recipe and have assisted her countless times.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4609118120551505936.post-37057869229156522862018-12-10T05:15:49.053+01:002018-12-10T05:15:49.053+01:00You did a wonderful job! The shapes are perfect, a...You did a wonderful job! The shapes are perfect, and the color good. They look flavorful and nicely crisp! The history of gingerbread is very interesting; I can picture the soldiers eating the fragrant gingerbread in the snow as they march. I have made gingerbread pancakes! But not the cookies. I would have done the same thing you did with the jar of biscuits. Did you know they say that our sense of smell evokes memories stronger than any other sense?Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.com