Roger's View of the World, Love and Seafood Gumbo!
Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
Do you see the ‘rose’ stamped into my cookies?? Well, it is there for fun and gingerbread cookies are wonderful on a slightly chilled day with coffee or tea. I think fondly of what William Shakespere once said about this humble fare:
“And I had but one penny in the world. Thou should’st have it to buy gingerbread.” – William Shakespeare
So, if you have time, bake up some gingerbread cookies… and if you don’t eat them right away, they last seemingly forever in my cookie jar!
Maybe I have seen the ‘Count of Monte Cristo’ one too many times, but I wanted to make some gingerbread (in the shape of coins) for shipment to someone stationed in a modern day Chateau D’If far away from home.
The nice thing about gingerbread is that it lasts for a very long time and will withstand the most abusive of baggage handlers, plus my daughter Kristin said it was one of the things she was most fond of recieving from home.
I tinkered with the recipe a bit adding more spices ( which is to my liking) and some honey to the molasses.
1/2 cup butter
1 cup molasses
1/2 cup honey
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
7 cups flour
approx 1 cup water
2 teaspoons baking soda
10 teaspoons of my spice blend*
*( 8 parts ginger, 4 parts cinnamon, 1 part cardamon, 1 part allspice, 1 part cloves, 1 part nutmeg, 1 part mace, 4 parts orange zenst, 3 parts lemon zest)
bake: 350 degrees for 13 minutes
Oh Yes, it is very good… and time only makes it better!
“And I had but one penny in the world. Thou should’st have it to buy gingerbread.” – William Shakespeare
enjoy!