Monday, December 17, 2007

Arduous Can Bake, But She Cannot Ice

On, Friday, I made some chocolate gingerbread men to take with me to my friend's holiday cookie decorating party.

Of course, I didn't have a gingerbread man cookie cutter, nor could I buy one, so I had to cut them out using a paper template.



All things considered, I think they turned out pretty well.



I took them to the party, where I scored massive bonus points for making CHOCOLATE gingerbread men, and also for making them without the use of a cookie cutter.

And then I tried to decorate them. And let's just say, I'm not giving Martha a run for her money any time soon.

This was my first attempt.



It wouldn't be so bad ... you know, if I were FIVE.

This is punk man. I made him when I got tired of trying to use the icing.



Uh oh. I guess this gingerbread man suffered some red eye when I took his picture.



A Family of Freaks.



Luckily for me, freakish gingerbread men taste just as good as the non-freakish variety. Unlucky for the poor gingerbread men. They're all gone now.
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7 comments:

  1. SamDecember 17, 2007 at 11:14 AM

    Kudos to you for having the patience to cut the men out. They look so yummy!

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  2. JennieDecember 17, 2007 at 11:51 AM

    Yes, many kudos for your patience. I'm pretty sure I would have decided to make gingerbread circles and called them ornaments instead.

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  3. hggDecember 17, 2007 at 2:43 PM

    they look(ed) great!

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  4. MouseDecember 17, 2007 at 6:15 PM

    Cookies without cutters? Insanity!

    (I would have fashioned one from a coat hanger)

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  5. EcoGeoFemmeDecember 17, 2007 at 7:17 PM

    Those are extremely funny. :)

    Good work for making them without a cutter. And for channelling your inner 5-year-old! j/k

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  6. ruchiDecember 19, 2007 at 11:12 AM

    Mouse-

    Fashioning a cookie cutter from a coat hanger? Awesome! But I don't think I would have been able to get it into the right shape.

    Chile-

    There's no way I would have iced them had I not been at a cookie decorating party, because I too am lazy. But since I was there....

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  7. RechelleDecember 19, 2007 at 6:44 PM

    Now those are my kind of gingerbread freaks.

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