I didn’t quite pick the right day to make these gingerbread cookies. It was on the afternoon of my High School Reunion and I thought that it would be a good chance to take my mind off it. I had decided to go to the reunion not due in small part to the fact that two friends had contacted me and we had agreed to walk in together. I wrote last week of my trepidation at attending my High School Reunion. For the days preceding the reunion I was indeed going back and forth on whether I’d attend and now the decision was made. I had RSVPd and I had to go.
*Eeek!*
This wasn’t a Romy and Michelle revenge situation mind you although I have to say that the movie helped to crystallise High School Reunion anxiety perfectly. It was pretty much a normal cliquey all girls school and nothing to get too upset about. But the idea of the reunion was enough to make one a bit nervous. And whilst I thought these gingerbread cookies would take my mind off it, I didn’t realise how long they would take. By the time they were all done and dusted (literally dusted with sugar), it was several hours later standing on my feet and my legs were aching. This was a worry as I had intended to wear high heels that night.
I met my friends beforehand and we walked in. I was a little stunned. It appeared that half of the people had frozen in time and were instantly recognisable whilst others were barely recognisable and this was usually due to hair change or weight gain. Some of the skinniest, prettiest girls were much more generously proportioned and I had to look at their name tags to recognise them and others simply looked nothing like they used to.
People were friendly and chatty and thankfully didn’t extend any sympathy when I told them “no kids”. In fact there was a complete acceptance of it even though there were only 5 of us in the 100 that attended that didn’t have any. I had expected a lot of expensive cars, designer bags or ostentatious displays of success but amazingly there was nothing like that. Rather amusingly people would say to me “You haven’t changed at all!” which was worrying since I’d attended High School in the 80s, a time good hair and taste had abandoned. A spiral perm was de rigeur back then and I was hoping I had changed or at least improved from those days! 
See Rudolph’s missing leg? 
So any back to the cookies. I have a love hate relationship with this recipe. There’s no shrinkage with the dough which is fantastic even if you only rest it for 30 minutes and it rolls like a dream between two layers of parchment and can be rerolled and rerolled without the cookies suffering even a little. The only negative is that the cookies can be hard to lift once cut and if you have a particularly detailed cutter (i.e. one with very thin pieces like the Rudolph cutter’s legs) then it can be an issue but this may well be the case with most cookie doughs. It was also a hot day so the dough was harder to handle. The design inspiration came from Martha Stewart of course who does Christmas like Mrs Claus on ADD medication. Of course mine were nowhere near as pretty as hers but I consoled myself with the fact that she probably has a slew of elves making her cookies and that she didn’t have the cloud of a reunion hanging over her head.
So am I glad I went to the reunion? Yes I am. And when the clock struck 11:30pm I felt like I had had quite enough of the standard conversation (What do you do? Where do you live? How many kids do you have?) and left with a friend whom I’d had a bit more of a normal everyday conversation with. I must thank all of my readers who gave me their support either by comments, DM, twitter messages or emails. Now a 20 year reunion with you, I’d gladly go to that.
So tell me Dear Reader, are you ready for Christmas?
GingerBread Snowman, Rudolph and Christmas tree
- 125g butter, at room temperature
- 100g (1/2 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar
- 125ml (1/2 cup) golden syrup
- 1 egg, separated plus 1 extra egg white
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups plain flour
- 1 tbs ground ginger
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Plain flour, to roll
- 300g (2 cups) pure icing sugar, sifted
- 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Food colouring as desired
Extras for Snowman
- A small amount of orange or mandarin peel cut into small carrot shape for Snowman’s nose
- Small flower or heart decorations for Snowman’s scarf detail
- Iridescent small candy balls for buttons
Extras for Christmas Tree
- Lots of little candy balls in various colours for Christmas baubles
- Stars for the tops of the trees (as you can see mine weren’t exactly stars, they were flowers)
Method
1. Line 2 or 3 baking trays with baking paper
2. Use an electric beater to beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the golden syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined. Stir in the flour, ginger, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Press dough into a disc. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
3. Meanwhile, place egg whites in a clean, dry bowl. Use an electric beater to beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add icing sugar and lemon juice and beat until stiff peaks form. Divide icing into separate bowls depending on the desired number of icing colours you want. Tint with the following colours: brown, green, a little blue (fr the Snowman’s scarf or whatever colour you’d like for it) and a little pink (for the tinsel on the Christmas tree but of course feel free to make it red or yellow as befits tinsel) and of course leaving some white for the snowman. With the black and red I found it easier to use icing pens as the amount used was so small. Set aside.
4. Preheat oven to 180°C. Place the dough between 2 sheets of baking paper and roll out until about 4mm thick. Use flour dipped cutters to to cut out shapes (dip in a bowl of flour between each cut). Place on trays about 3cm apart. Repeat with any excess dough.
5. Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven. Transfer to a rack to cool.
6. Place prepared icings in small plastic bags (or use bought icing pens). Cut a small hole in a corner of each bag.
The proportions below assume that you will be making all three kinds of cookies. If you choose to make just the one type of cookie, you’re probably more sane than I but you will need to triple the amount of icing you put into the piping bag.
For Snowman
7. Place 2-3 tablespoons of the white icing into a piping bag or a ziplock bag (make sure to cover the rest of the bowl of icing with cling wrap when it is not in use). The icing should be able to hold a line when you lift up a spoonful of it and let it drip. Pipe a line around the edges of the snowman.When this line is set, add a little water, a few drops at a time to the remaining white icing in a bowl until it is runny. Be sure to stir it well so that the water is well incorporated. With a teaspoon, “flood” the outline of the snowman and use a toothpick to drag out the icing to reach the outer edges. Sprinkle with sugar to simulate snow and add carrot nose made out of orange or mandarin skin. Allow to set for several hours or overnight. Once set, pipe a scarf in blue (or whatever colour you like). Then add eyes and a smile and a flower if you’d like.
For Rudolph
8. Place 2-3 tablespoons of the brown icing into a piping bag or a ziplock bag (make sure to cover the rest of the bowl of icing with cling wrap when it is not in use). The icing should be able to hold a line when you lift up a spoonful of it and let it drip. Pipe a line around the edges of the reindeer. When this line is set, add a little water, a few drops at a time to the remaining brown icing in a bowl until it is runny. Be sure to stir it well so that the water is well incorporated. With a teaspoon, “flood” the outline of the reindeer and use a toothpick to drag out the icing to reach the outer edges. With the white piping bag from the snowman above, draw in the antlers and do a belly and tail detail. Sprinkle some sugar on the antlers. Allow to set for several hours or overnight. Once set, pipe eyes and a red nose (of course!).
For Christmas Tree
9. Place 2-3 tablespoons of the green icing into a piping bag or a ziplock bag (make sure to cover the rest of the bowl of icing with cling wrap when it is not in use). The icing should be able to hold a line when you lift up a spoonful of it and let it drip. Pipe a line around the edges of the tree. When this line is set, add a little water, a few drops at a time to the remaining green icing in a bowl until it is runny. Be sure to stir it well so that the water is well incorporated. With a teaspoon, “flood” the outline of the tree and use a toothpick to drag out the icing to reach the outer edges. When it is set, Place 2-3 tablespoons of the pink icing into a piping bag or a ziplock bag. Pipe squiggly tinsel lines across the set royal icing and affix the baubles. Pipe a little dot of icing on top and affix the star on top. Allow to set completely.
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Glad to hear your reunion wasn’t bad at all! I laughed at the part where you mentioned hair change and weight gains
Great looking cookies too btw! Very cute
The Christmas Gingerbread look great! It looks like a very similar recipe to the one I use which is also wonderful but such a pain to get onto the tray!!
I’m glad your reunion went better than expected. I’m still glad I’m not going to mine in a couple of weeks though
As for Christmas? Well I thought I was ready, but things have gotten a little crazy in the last week and now I’m beginning to worry. There just don’t seem to be enough days left. I really need Christmas cupcakes ready for the preschool teachers today by 3pm along with grocery shopping, washing, baby wrangling, Christmas card writing and I’m sure there will be more. I’m feeling frazzled just thinking about everything. Maybe I’ll just do the cupcakes
(and baby wrangling of course!)
that rudolph is the cutest thing ever!
im making gingerbread tonight too =) fingers crossed its half as good as yours looks hehe!
Oh, you are talented! They are so pretty!
Cheers,
Rosa
Completely ready? No, but I have started…. Today I make marzipan for the cake
Was there good food at the reunion?
The biscuits look great, and it’s almost as though I can taste them just by looking at the photos. I remember a few years ago for a friend’s birthday, she made gingerbread people to look like each of the people in our group of friends. She gave mine boobs, heh.
Great looking cookies! I have been meaning to get around to some baking – next week perhaps!
Glad to hear the reunion was ok….and not too stressful
i hate small talk, so i’m dreading my upcoming reunion. i just want to see a few people and take my leave.
moving on…these cookies are small masterpieces. i beg to differ–martha stewart ain’t got nothin’ on you!!
these look adorable
I love seeing all the christmas baking. I am the truffle and biscotti queen. Iced biscuits I have attempted but my colouring in skills were always questionable- yours look truly adorable.
I don’t think you could pay me enough to attend my reunion. Apart from anything else the ‘how many kids question’ would probably have me heading for the bar way too many times and besides, I was the nerdiest of nerds and the bullying scars run deep. But then maybe it’s a way to overcome demons?
oops forgot to mention the cookies. Thanks for the reminder that I had better get cracking on mine. I like the fact that you say this dough rolls over and over again effectively. That’s always a problem.
I’m glad your reunion turned out to be so enjoyable! Isn’t it funny how some people seem to look exactly the same and others’ looks change so much?! I really love the looks of your adorable cookies, you’re fabulous with the details, Lorraine! (The little pink flower on the snowman’s blue scarf is too cute!)
Glad the reunion went well! I am SO not ready for Christmas… but I do finish work this Friday so that will help. Those gingerbreads look so good!
The cookies look awesome. I never have any luck with gingerbread though, so I might have to admire them from a distance!
LOVING these cookies. Might have to try that recipe over the next day or two. All done for christmas here. Shamefully, I have all my presents bought and wrapped for the past 6 weeks.
Glad the reunion went off well. Sometimes you have to do these things to remind us of how lucky we are now in our lives. I know for sure that apart from a few friends from school who I talk to, I have no wish to go back there!
In a word, NO. I’ve never felt this way so close to Christmas.
Seasons Greetings and all the best for the new year.
Definitely ready for Christmas, not ready for a 10 year high school reunion that looms in the somewhat near future. We’ll be making gingerbread cookies for a cookie exchange party though. Fun!
I can totally understand your anxiety about the reunion. I don’t think I’d ever attend another one. Do you think any of your old schoolmates read your blog?
Glad to hear the reunion was not too horrendous. The cookies look fabulous.
As to Christmas – where did the year go? Normally I would be ready but this year disappeared in a flash and even Santa is running behind. At least I get paid today so can dash out and do some shopping without plastic!
Looking forward to reading about what you’re eating at Christmas!!!
I am so sorry I have just discovered you -I can’t bare to think about what I’ve missed out on. Anyway, your cookies look scrumptious . . . too good to eat! I made mine the other day, I spent all day making one batch of dough after the other . . . but it was worth it! Today is mango chutney day . . .
Beautiful gingerbread! They are absolutely darling! Glad to hear the reunion went well too! It’s so interesting to see how people have changed, isn’t it?!
I haven’t scrolled through the comments yet, so i don’t know if someone else has already suggested this, but an easy fix for lifting issues is to either roll directly onto parchment paper that will fit on your baking sheet and pull off the excess dough, or to forgo the paper all together and roll your dough on the bottom side of your baking sheet. That way you can again not move the cookies at all, instead removing the excess dough. Since this recipe holds up well under frequent rollings, this should help, even on hot days!
Merry Christmas!
Aww these are so cute! I’m glad you went to the reunion, although with facebook these days, I don’t think there’s a real need for them!
Gorgeous! I love how these things look so much like Kindergarten playdo playtime. You must have had a ball decorating them! And yes, I know the pain of the reunion. Don’t worry sister, I don’t have kids either. You’re not alone! I love reading your blog – it’s always so entertaining so I’ve passed on my “One Lovely Blog” award to you – please head over to my blog to collect it!
I’m so glad the reunion was fun. You wore the high heels, yes?
No, not ready for Christmas at all, though I think trying to replicate your adorable cookies might help! They’re beautiful!
See? I knew it would be awesome! The cookies look amazing, and I’m sure you did too at the reunion =D.
Getting ready for my first proper christmas is super exciting! got my tree up, fairy lights on and all stocked up on red wine for mulled wine every day
the thought of any sort of reunion frightens me. I’m always worried about whether people have changed or not and then I get worried about people thinking if I’ve changed or not. To top that, I’d undoubtedly act super awkward because I’d be so anxious!
I was eagerly awating the news of your reunion- just like a ’soapie’ lol. So happy to read it all went well. I expected my reunion to be all about ‘how successful we all ended up , if at all..etc etc’ but I too was surprised that it was nothing like that.
I loved your cookies by the way!
oohh a gingerbread cookie recipe! i’m on call for this week and was thinking of making these for work! or maybe a gingerbread cupcake… if that’s possible?
anyway, glad that your reunion turned out ok!
Glad that your high school reunion wasn’t as bad as expected
Great looking cookies too!
Talk about Christmas, still yet to do my Christmas shopping. So hard to think of what to get for people.
Sometimes when people say, ‘You haven’t changed at all all!’, it just makes you wonder if that is a compliment or a thinly veiled insult!
deliciously gorgeous!!
These are so cute! I made gingerbread as well on the weekend and it filled the house with a lovely warm smell
My piping skills leave much to be desired though… there were lots of lopsided Christmas trees and gingerbread men!
i cant wait to make these for christmas!
haha! rudolph’s missing leg.
made me laugh so hard!
have to share with you guys my ‘missing limbs’ gingerbread men cutters soon.
heh. am never patient with royal icing.
hopefully the change this year!
Oh, how whimsical!
My school dining hall had these icing cookies, too, but the snowmen were severely disfigured…looked more like cookies from a horror movie! haha!
And I’m glad you survived your reunion!
I made similar cookies, and I had problems with the stars. I broke more than I saved. My poor hubby broke 2 by mistake and I ended up in tears. So many hours in the heat with dough doesn’t make a happy girl. It was my high school reunion on Saturday. But I wasn’t as brave and I chickened out.
Noooo I’m not ready, can we please postpone CHristmas??? I’m still playing major catchup after my friend’s wedding took over my life, and I’m not ready for Christmas at all which is very unlike me and quite unsettling!
Lovely biscuits, and I’m glad you were brave enough to go to the reunion
So cute! I particularly like the snowman with his little carrot nose. I totally understood your trepidation about going to your reunion, I went to an all girl school as well. It’s great that you went and it went okay!
Gorgeous cookies – I wouldn’t have the patience to make them look that nice.
Glad you survived the reunion intact. I went to a co-ed school, and it was mostly the boys who had changed – some of them, a lot! And it was the hair (or lack thereof!) and weight gain that led to the greatest changes in appearance.
Well, I’ve just finished making Christmas Star cookies with the kids (we kept it to stars because it makes more). But we are still short! So it is back to the drawing board tomorrow, while out kitchen is covered in flour and icing sugar. Ho bloody ho.
what gorgeous cookies – sounds like they needed a lot of patience
you are brave going to the reunion – I have mostly avoided them but I do get curious – glad you enjoyed it and hope you taught a few how interesting blogging is
Great cookies. I made mine yesterday but haven’t iced them yet so thanks for all your detailed instructions as I was dreading doing them but feel much more at ease now. Thanks Lorraine
Hey there Ms NQN, My daughter and I making our traditional family ginger cookies with pink icing! Yummmy Xmas gifts for loved friends bit different to yours cos we dont have the shapes but we have the pink icing and hundreds and thousands. We also put candied ginger in them too..I’ll send you a pic to share if you like?
I have a similar dough that I use and the same problem with the transfer so I came up with this tip- and it looks like you do it partially any way- you are very conservative when cutting out so once you have rolled the dough-place it on the biscuits tray uncut then cut out and remove the excess- this way you don’t need to move the shapes and can still make more biscuits there is still enough room between the biscuits for them to bake properly and you can remove them when they are cooked and cooled-love your recipe and idea- will have to give it a try this year. thanks.
forgot to comment on your reunion- I don’t go to any of mine – too many bad memories from the 2 i did go to. so I think you are so brave to go and pleased you enjoyed it.
pretty cookies..and glad your reunion went well
!!
Those cookies are so pretty and festive! Glad the reunion was ok… I’m avoiding the invites to my 10 year reunion right now. You’re braver than I am!
What a lovely thing to do the day of your reunion. Why not find another reason to bake! My three closest friends (who went to a different high school) just had their big reunion. Sounded like the same type of happenings!
I’ve had trouble with really detailed cutters, too. Like you say. Particularly in the heat of summer, when this gingerbread would be the best!
oh i live in dread of high school reunions!
what’s weird is that im dating a boy i went to high school with, however that didn’t occur til after school so i’m looking forward to a few shocked faces
GORGEOUS gingerbread! i love your icing techniques – i’m sure martha would be proud, bless her cold, cold soul (i love her, really)
So cute! Too good to eat I reckon.
Thank you so much for reminding me of this icing recipe! I used to make it when I was a teenager but haven’t made it in so long that I’d forgotten. I think your decorations are perfect! I rarely ice mine as we’re not sweet tooths but I quadruple the amount of ginger. My friends are really into the bite!
Your cookies are so professional looking- I adore them!
Glad you went to your reunion…usually when you think you are going to have a terrible time, you end up having fun!
They look too good too eat and would be perfect as tree decorations. I’m upset as I couldn’t find any of the Aldi cookie cutters and had to give these a miss. Have just finished baking my last batch of Ciambellette though and I feel rather content that I have made up everyone’s chrissy parcels and have some left over for afternoon tea or unexpected guests over Christmas.
School reunions , how I love them,lol. The last one we had was such a fantastic night and everyone was so happy to catch up. Most of the guys were great but we did find out later that one of the boys didn’t come because he no longer has his dark , curly hair and is now bald. What a crack up! The only disappointing thing about the night was the absence of one of my crushes, I was devastated. hahaha Oh, to be at school again, we didn’t know just how easy and how good life was!
Your cookies are oh so pretty!
Luved hearing about your reunion and glad you had a nice time.
Enjoy!
A couple years ago I went to my 10 year reunion. I stayed all of 30 minutes before I was bored with the same ohh..married/kids questions. I called a couple friends had them pick me up ASAP and we all went out and had a blast. Then again I was a introvert in high school and never talked to really anyone.
What a cute cookies!!!!!Your pictures are fantastic.
I’m glad that your reunion went well! The cookies are the cutest!
Such adorable cookies, I love them!
And nope am definitely not ready for Christmas – it seems to have crept up so quickly!
Those look delicious – I love the icing. My icing never quite looks (or tastes!) like it should. I think I might use this recipe for some cooking this Christmas.
Very adorable cookies. So festive and calling out Christmas nice and loud.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you.
Those cookies look yummy…I’ll take a dozen…just for me..thanks
Glad to hear your reunion went well… I get what you mean about the ‘cliquey all girls school’ – I only went to one for a year and a bit, and got that impression pretty much straight away!! (Suffice to say…I didn’t fit into any of the cliques!)
As for Christmas…well, I’m half ready. I’m hand-decorating things for my Christmas pressies for friends, but I still have to get all of them organised. I’ve bought 2 out of 3 presents for my immediate family…still have to buy something for dad that he’d like but isn’t expensive! Other than that, I’m pretty much ready!
I love the cookies made by you. Its extraordinary .
Glad to know that your reunion function went well and had a great day !!
Merry Christmas in advance .
Your cookies look delightful, Lorraine!!
I normally don’t like icing but your cookies looks so festive & bright!!
I love how you made the ho ho ho’s!!
Lovely & clever! hahahha,…
I loved the way you decorated all that gingerbread – so cute!
I’m a terrible baker but these cookies turned out to be delicious and quite easy to make. (I didn’t dare try icing yet!)
It still turned out ok after using honey instead of the syrup. I don’t like ginger&spice so I added vanilla extract instead.
Although what is the lemon juice used for? It’s in the ingredients but I can’t seem to see it in the method…unless I’m totally blind.
Hi Sean-THankyou! I think boith of those things were inevitable
Thanks so much! 
Hi Megan-Isn’t it just but it’s so tasty!
Thankyou! Ahh I can see why people don’t want to go 
I’m totally with you. I’m so unprepared this year it’s scary! Yes the cupcakes is enough! 
Hi buggy-Thankyou so much! I bet it does!
Hi Rosa-Thankyou very much!
Hi Amy-Oooh cool! Can’t wait to see it!
Hi Jen-You know I didn’t eat it but one of the girl’s husbands owns Brasserie Bread so the bread/pastries would have been good! Aw thankyou so much! Haha that is such a great idea!
Hi Lisa-Thankyou so much! Yes sometimes it’s hard to find the time
Hi grace-Haha yes it’s a night full of small talk! Aww you are so sweet Grace!
Hi snooky doodle-Thankyou!
Hi sandra-It’s such a fun holiday to bake for! Ooh truffles and biscotti-yum!
Hi bells-Haha! You are funny
Although seriously, I’m sorry to hear that you were bullied. That’s what kept a few girls away this year 
Yes this dough really is a dream, it’s just the lifting if it’s a delicate cutter but regular cutters are great!
Hi Faith-Thankyou so much!
Yes it’s so funny I agree! Aww you’re so sweet Faith! I had to put a little flourish 
Hi Sarah-Thanks so much! Yes that is a good start and I’m sure you’ll get everything done before then
Thankyou!
Hi Jo-Thankyou! Do try this recipe if you’re up to it. It’s very good
Hi Orla-Thanks so much! Yes please do!
Oh you’re so efficient-I admire that! 
Yes I think it was good to go in the end although it was very touch and go for a moment!
Hi gliderguider-Me too, what happened this year? How did it get so crazy?
Thankyou so much! I hope you have a great holiday and new year! 
Hi The Duo Dishes-Haha well at least that’s one!
Oooh what fun!
Hi Pimi-I did the 10th year one which was quite frankly worse
Yes a few of them do I believe! 
Hi Ellen-Thanks, I was so relieved! Thankyou
Yes this year in particular went sooo quickly! Good luck with that! 
Hehe yes it should be a feast I hope!
Hi Monica-Aww you are too swet! Thankyou so much! Sounds like you had so much fun
Hi lisa-Thanks so much!
I know, you could never guess!
Hi Erika-I tried to do that too although that didn’t really work with the reindeer legs (which often snapped off when I was removing the cutter. But I think that’s a good tip for other cutters thankyou!
Merry Christmas to you too!
Hi Betty-Thankyou so much! I know, that was my argument for a while there
Hi Forager-Hehe thanks! I did at first but then I got sick of standing on my feet for hours
Aww shucks thankyou! I’m so flattered hun! 
Hi Mary-hehe sure did! I walked through the pain
Thankyou so much! You and me both! 
Hi Lauren-Haha yes true true you did say that
Thankyou! I hope I did 
Hi Shmii-Oh how exciting! YAY! And you sound like you’ve got everything in place
The funny thing is hearing what people’s perceptions of me were. I had no idea! 
Hi Alfie-Hehe thankyou! You guys must be really busy with the Christmas season and all those parties!
Thanks yes I was so relieved and glad that I went in the end. Yes there was a bit of that from some but most were just eager to catch up. Thankyou! 
Hi Trisha-Ooh great idea! They’ll love you for that! But gingerbread cupcake? Now that’s a stroke of genius!
Thankyou!
Hi YW-Thanks so much on both counts! I know, it’s really crept up on me too!
Hi mlle délicieuse-Haha exactly!
Hi Iron Chef Shellie-Thankyou!
Hi Jacq-Thanks so much!
Great minds think alike and yes agree on the gorgeous aroma 
Aww but that’s part of the homemade charm 
Hi felicia-Yes poor Rudolph!
Hehe yes it’s so easy to lose limbs! Best of luck! 
Hi sophia-Aww that sounds kind of funny!
Thankyou!
Hi Paula-Isn’t that a pain!
Sorry to hear that! Yes dough and heat is a very bad idea. Ahh that’s ok, I can fully understand why!
Hi Conor-Yes please! I’ll sign that petition! I’m totally freaked out about how unprepared I am! Thankyou so much!
Hi Steph-Thankyou! He just wasn’t right without the nose
Haha yes it can be bitchy! Thankyou 
Hi Cakelaw-Yeah I almost my patience! Thankyou! Haha yes the hair and weight gain gets people!
Hi MrsDesperate-Oh no! Another lot? Best of luck with them!
Hi Johanna-Thanks, they do!
I think so, everyone knew what blogging was so that was a very good start! 
Hi Chris-Oh cool, you’re more than welcome!
Hi Jennifer-that’s wonderful!
I love the idea of pink icing and hundreds and thousands and candied ginger. I bet they’re a real hit! Sure, I’d love to see them! 
Hi kathy-Yes that’s the easiest way I’ve found too
Lifting the little buggers can make them misshapen can’t it! Wonderful, I hope you like them and you’re welcome! 
Ahh well if you didn’t have a good time with others then there’s not much motivation to go 
Thankyou so much!
Hi PassionateMae-Thankyou so much!
Hi SarahKate-Thanks so much!
Hehe I avoided them for the longest time I’ll admit!
Hi Julia-Thanks! Although I think by the end I regretted it
Yes isn’t that funny! Yes the heat is a killer on cookies!
Hi a girl called e-Hehe I think most of us do!
Ooh really, now that would be a fun night I would think? 
Thankyou so much and roflmao at your Martha comment! 
Hi Helen-Thankyou very much!
Hi gummi baby-You’re welcome! Aww you are too kind! Oohh quadruple ginger-now that sounds awesome!
Hi Barbara-Thankyou so much!
I know, isn’t that always the way 
Hi matilda-Thanks very much and great idea!
Oh no, I think they sold out of them when they reduced the price. A shame as there are some great cutters there but I think you can also buy them singly. Wow, you are so organised-that’s very admirable! Sounds like you had a good one. Hehe poor guy although I guess it happens to both sexes! Yes life was definitely more carefree!
Hi Pam-Thankyou so much! Aww thanks so much, I loved getting all the messages of support
Hi Jeff-Haha yes it’s really the same conversation isn’t it! Haha sounds like a good alternative plan!
Hi Erica-Thankyou so much!
Hi 5 Star Foodie-Thankyou so much on both counts!
Hi Su-yin-Thanks! I know, it’s such a rush this year! :S
Hi Katie-Oh yes please do and I’d love to know what you think of them!
Hi Soma-Why thankyou so much! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for you
Hi Liv-Haha ok! Coming right up!
Thanks! Yes this was a very cliquey school as I think a lot of all girls school tend to be. Wow, you’ve done so well! Congratulations! 
Hi Julain-Aww thankyou so much! You are too sweet
Thanks, it was such a relief! 
Merry Christmas to you too! 
Hi Sophie-Thankyou so much!
Haha thanks! 
Hi Midge-Thanks so much!
Hi Syl -That’s so great to hear!
Yep sounds like you made some good substitutions! Sorry that was for the royal icing, I’ve changed it. Thanks for letting me know! 
i think the recipe is WRONG… cant be 3cups of flour unless i am makeing ginger crumbs….
These would be the perfect Christmas gift Lorraine. They look adorable. Glad the reunion didn’t go badly
So cute! I love Rudolph! Congrats on being brave enough to go to your high school reunion. I don’t think that I’ll ever be that brave!
So glad the re-union went off well! I recently had my 5 year re-union!! The cookies look great!! I LOVE how you made the ‘O’!! How did you manage it?
Kelly – it definitely works with 3 cups of flour…have you tried it out?
Hi Kelly-No. The recipe IS correct.
Hi Anita-Thankyou!Hehe I am too!
Hi erin-Hehe thankyou! I thought I was crazy for a moment going though!
Hi Avanika-Oh how was it? We never had a 5 year one! Thankyou! I bought the Ho Ho Ho thing
Kelly you should try making it before being so rude and assuming things are wrong! I made some and they were gobbled up in no time.
Have you tried rolling the dough on a large silpat mat? I have one that covers half my counter, and it’s great for rolling out dough. It might make your cookies release a little easier after cutting them out.
I’m glad the reunion wasn’t that bad after all. I plan my baking at inopportune times a lot, so I feel your pain. These cookies are very cute! I’m glad everyone else left lots of tips b/c my rolled cookie doughs often come out soft, too!
well for some reason it did not work for me, maybe as i used the scales and did 750g…but then made them again and they worked great with 1 cup…
and maria i was not being rude simply asking if it was me or the recipe……
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