Old Time Cooking Recipes » ornaments http://www.free-old-time-cooking-recipes.com/recipe-categories Wonderful Free Old Time Cooking Recipes from our grandmothers kitchens. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Making Gingerbread Cookie Ornaments http://www.free-old-time-cooking-recipes.com/recipe-categories/desserts/cookies/making-gingerbread-cookie-ornaments.html http://www.free-old-time-cooking-recipes.com/recipe-categories/desserts/cookies/making-gingerbread-cookie-ornaments.html#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:06:13 +0000 admin http://www.free-old-time-cooking-recipes.com/?p=244 Making Gingerbread Cookie Ornaments

 

Ingredients:
400 g (0.9 lb) flour
1 tsp baking powder
150 g (5 oz) powdered sugar
4 tbs honey
3 eggs
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
juice of 1 lemon
pinch of salt
ICING:
2-3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
2 egg whites

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 175 C (350 F).

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  2. Mix all ingredients to make a firm dough.

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  3. Dust a work surface with flour. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut with your favorite Christmas cookie cutters. Use a drinking straw to punch hole in center if ornament will be hanging.

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  4. Place cookies on cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are browned. Let cool.

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  5. When cool add dimensional paint icing* around the edges.

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  6. Thread a narrow ribbon through the hole at the top of each ornament. Knot ends and hang ornaments.

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*ICING: Beat sugar, cream of tartar and egg whites until stiff.

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