{"id":520,"date":"2016-03-26T18:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T18:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmascookbook.ca\/?p=520"},"modified":"2016-03-26T18:14:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T18:14:11","slug":"gingerbread-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/2016\/03\/gingerbread-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"GingerBread Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gingerbreadMen\"It’s 273 days until Christmas; so no better time to bake GingerBread Men! \u00a0Haha \u00a0BUT this weekend is also Easter Weekend, and so we decorated mostly GingerBread Eggs! \u00a0This recipe makes great cookies – but the cooking time is WAY off; so be careful and watch these closely for your first batch. \u00a0I will indicate in the recipe how long I baked\u00a0them for, and at what temperature.<\/p>\n

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The rolling pin in the back was my Oma’s! Grandma’s Mom – It squeaks and rattles; but it works great!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"decorating\"<\/p>\n

My husband and I have decorated 100s of cookies, so\u00a0sometimes the decorating ideas get a little creative. \u00a0Can you spot the cookie decorated like a park, with a pond, path & trees? \u00a0Bonus points if you can guess who decorated it!<\/p>\n

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And look! \u00a0Even the husband wouldn’t eat these black cookies! \u00a0The first batch came out pretty rough! \u00a0But once I made a small adjustment, the rest of the cookies were perfect \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"burnt_cookies\"<\/p>\n

Here is Grandma’s recipe card:<\/p>\n

\"gingerbreadcookies-recipe\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And this is the printable recipe:<\/p>\n

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Gingerbread Cookies<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • 2 cups flour<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 teaspoon ginger<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1\/3 cup sugar<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup shortening<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 1\/2 cup molasses<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 3 tablespoon hot water<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    1. Blend Well.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Chill 1 hr.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Roll out 1\/8\u201d thick, cut cookies.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Place on\u00a0non-greased cooking sheet.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Bake at 350 for 7-9 minutes. (Grandma’s original says 400 for 8 – 10 minutes)<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Cool and decorate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
      <\/div>
      Print the Recipe Only<\/div>
      <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      It’s 273 days until Christmas; so no better time to bake GingerBread Men! \u00a0Haha \u00a0BUT this weekend is also Easter Weekend, and so we decorated mostly GingerBread Eggs! \u00a0This recipe makes great cookies – but the cooking time is WAY off; so be careful and watch these closely for your …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandmascookbook.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}