Christmas is coming
This weekend I have spent more time than usual baking. This week I had the idea of making pizza on Saturday, and bought some pizza flour (with durum wheat). I have never used that kind of flour in making pizzas, but the dough turned out nice and the pizza was delicious. Thin crust, enough tomato sauce and toppings. Mm.
Also, yesterday, I made some gingerbread dough, to make gingerbread cookies. I haven't made the dough myself in something like twenty years, because it's easy to buy from grocery stores, but this time I wanted to make my own. The most distinguishing thing was that I used raw ginger instead of dried. I don't know if it made the difference, but at least the cookies taste great.
We also got a new cookie cutter. I like the heavy metal symbolism here:
The real reason for the sign is the phrase 'I love you' in ASL. I don't speak it at all except for a couple of signs, but I think the Internet is a reliable source here.
The resulting cookies look nice, too, and didn't even get burned.
I have to make more of these, at least one batch before Christmas.
Also, yesterday, I made some gingerbread dough, to make gingerbread cookies. I haven't made the dough myself in something like twenty years, because it's easy to buy from grocery stores, but this time I wanted to make my own. The most distinguishing thing was that I used raw ginger instead of dried. I don't know if it made the difference, but at least the cookies taste great.
We also got a new cookie cutter. I like the heavy metal symbolism here:
The real reason for the sign is the phrase 'I love you' in ASL. I don't speak it at all except for a couple of signs, but I think the Internet is a reliable source here.
The resulting cookies look nice, too, and didn't even get burned.
I have to make more of these, at least one batch before Christmas.