cupcake_goth | Holiday baking!

Because some of you have asked me for this, and I just mixed up a batch, I give you the recipe for Perkygoth Gingerbread!

2 1/2 C. flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. pepper (yes, really)
1/2 C. butter
1/2 C. molasses
1/2 C. sugar
1 egg
1-2 tsp. fresh ginger, very finely minced
1 Tbsp. lime juice

(In my universe, gingerbread is not proper gingerbread unless it makes your tongue tingle. Very ginger-y, very spicy. You Have Been Warned.)

Sift together all dry ingredients EXCEPT the sugar.

Combine the butter and molasses in a saucepan, put over a very low heat until the butter melts. Stir in the sugar, minced ginger, and lime juice then remove the pan from heat.

Let the butter/sugar/molasses mixture cool until lukewarm, then mix into the dry ingredients. Add the egg.

Mix everything very well, gather the dough into a ball, and chill for a minimum of 2 hours.

Pre-heat the oven to 325^* F. Roll out the dough (on a floured board, but you knew that), then cut out cookies. (Bats, of course, are the holiday cookie shape of choice in our house.) Bake cookies for 10-15 minutes, then let cool.

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Date: 2005-12-15 11:46 pm (UTC)

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staxxy.livejournal.com

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HOORAY!

Date: 2005-12-16 06:35 pm (UTC)

domestinatrix.livejournal.com

Yum! I *heart* gingerbread, but somehow i always thought it would be more complicated to make. Your recipe doesn't even have too much sugar. Now to find an appropriate cookie cutter... or maybe i should cut mine into E-shaped delights.

Date: 2005-12-16 08:10 pm (UTC)

cupcake-goth.livejournal.com

I'll bring some to S&B on Monday, so you can try it. :)

Oh, I suppose I should mention that the measurments given for all the spices are starting points. When I made the gingerbread yesterday, the measuring spoons I used were, um, heaping, to put it mildly.