Gingerbread

After seeing lots of Christmas things in New York and lots of Christmas food, I decided I’d try and do some Christmassy baking in the lead up to Christmas – besides fruit mince pies.

My first effort was gingerbread … spurred on by the taste of Canteen Lady’s gingerbread I used the same recipe. It was very like making pastry from scratch (which we know I’m not very patient with) and when I scratched around in the drawer I didn’t have Christmas cookie cutters, just the round ones but never mind. Turned out pretty well! Bit like ginger shortbread.

However, not as well as Canteen Lady’s gingerbread creations – these are photos of some of the treats she brought into work before we went away that I’ve been meaning to post for ages. She must spend hours doing it.