How many of you are like me and running behind with your holiday preparations this year? It won't be long and the reindeer will be flying and the jolly old man in the red suit will be visiting our homes and comparing notes on the cookies and milk left on the hearth for him.
This weekend I made gingerbread men, or as I've been saying, gingerbread boys and girls.
I'm making them for a really special group of first graders as a treat on the last day of their Junior Achievement class.
I've never made gingerbread men before and they are a lot of work, I also will confess that I had a few casualties, but they are so cute and tasty they were worth the trouble and I am sure the kids in the class will love them.
Since I don't have a tried and true recipe for gingerbread, I put out the call to my Facebook friends to see if anyone had one that they would share. Paula, a friend from the town I grew up in, shared her recipe.
This isn't just any recipe, it is her mother's recipe and is a treasure. Growing up her mom and dad lived kitty-corner across the street from us and later they were backdoor neighbors to my mom and dad. I asked Paula if she minded if I shared the recipe on my blog and she said "go for it".
I hope you will try this recipe. It has lots of wonderful memories for their family. Start a new tradition at your house this year. I bet if you make these cookies you will get brownie points from your family and also Santa might just decide the cookies he got at your house are the absolute best!
I wish I could share a plate of these with Janet and her daughters!