Gingerbread tree decs

[louise]

Hi, I decided to start early and gave this ago with my son today. 480g flour
300g salt
2tbs cinnamon
2tbs nutmeg
2tbs cloves
350ml water
whole all spice

Mix all the dry ingredients. Add the water untill clay like. Roll and shape. Use the all spice as eyes and buttons. My hubby got whole cloves as well so we used them as mouths as well. Bake on Gas mark 2 untill hard.

They smell great. We got 20 out of the recipe. I'm going to make these with the mindees aswell just needed ahead start as we give all the family a tree dec each year.

[miffy]

These sound yummy - thanks for the recipe

Miffy

[june]

We have made stain glass windows from gingerbread mix . Choose a shape, star, circle etc, use smaller cutter to make a shape in the centre of the biscuit and pop a boiled sweet in there(fox's fruits work really well ) before you put it in the oven. The sweet melts, but as Biscuit cools the sweet hardens again. When you hold it up the light shines through the coloured sweet . You can be very elaborate with older children or keep the shape very simlpe for the younger ones

[louise]

Sorry i should of put they arent to eat. I made them with my mindees today to give them a chance to go hard beofre we decorate.

[miffy]

I'm glad you said that Louise before I tried them!!!

June - I like your idea would never have thought of that

Miffy

[angeldelight]

Thanks for that Louise good job you said do not eat them haha

That is also a good idea June

Thanks both I am going to try these

Angel xx

[deeb66]

Great idea - I might give these a go

Dee

[smartypants]

Thankyou girls!!


Great idea's ;D will have a go at these too!!!

Kate
xx