Gilly's Place: Gingerbread Cookie Mix (in a jar)

Welcome to Gilly's Place

A few years ago my granddaughters asked me to put together a cookbook of about 20 family favorite recipes and when I did the 20 pages looked rather skimpy so I added more, and more, and more till their binders held 60. Heavily embellished I gave them to the girls at Christmastime. Every Christmas since then I've added 60 more pages to their collections and have reached the 300 mark...and they're looking forward to getting even more. These are not random recipes, they're all tried and true. Anyway, when word got around it seems everybody and their second cousin wanted a cookbook so I began selling them to cover the cost of materials and now I'm passing them on to others as digital freebies, who like me, enjoy family, friends, cooking, and sharing. Print the pages to a standard letter size and save them in any old binder that blends with your kitchen. Please do print them for yourself and gift-giving to family and friends but please do not claim as your own as it wouldn't be fair to the designers I buy from or the wonderful talent that is freely given by bloggers. I'd love to hear from you and if you leave a comment on a post I will reply on the same. Please don't leave anything on the 4shared page, I seldom think to check those.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Gingerbread Cookie Mix (in a jar)

Hi guys, and Vicki-welcome to my place! I've been playing with

NitWits "Cookin Cookies" this week and have an assortment of goodies for you

the first of which is the recipe for these crispy gingerbread cookies

in which there's a perfect balance of spices. The dough looked crumbly but it rolled out OK. I made them a bit thicker than the recipe called for and though they didn't crumble into a gazillion pieces when I first bit its head off my gingerbread man was still a hard cookie.

I picked up some baskets for the GDs this week and besides the filled Mason Jar I'm adding a freshly baked batch of cookies, cookie cutters, tea, wooden spoons, measuring cups/measuring spoons, peppermint candies, etc. I know it's something they'll enjoy receiving.

So here's installment 1, the recipe and a peek at what's coming this week.