Gingerbread Cookies

 Today Caroline decorated gingerbread cookies with our neighbor Elle. I used my Mom's delicious gingerbread recipe that she got from my grandmother. I gave both girls a tray full of sprinkles. They had a great time laughing and eating most of the sprinkles before they made it to a cookie.  I let the girls pick out what cookie cutter they wanted me to use.

Here are Caroline's cookies.  She picked the tree, candy cane, heart, boy, dog bone, Texas and horse cookie cutter which made me laugh.  I said I don't think a horse is very Christmas-y.  She assured me she would make it festive.

and she did!

so tasty!

When the girls were done we had a tea party.  I didn't get any good pictures. I was trying not to burn the cookies.

Throw back to our cookie decorating in Hereford, Texas

Dondi's bangs are amazing!

Neighborhood cookie decorating- My mom is amazing for hosting it every year. 

Straight from my mom's cookbook:

Gingerbread Men

Cream together:

1 egg

1 cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup molasses

ADD:

4 cups flour

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp ginger

1 tsp soda

1/2 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp nutmeg

Refrigerate: Then roll out dough, cut into shapes

Bake 325 for 10-15 minutes