I don’t get to spend as much time baking in the kitchen as I’d like, but I did manage to set aside a little time this afternoon to bake you some yummy Gingerbread Tree Ornaments. And when I bake anything in my kitchen, I always pull out my favorite old ironstone pudding bowl. I started with a gingerbread mix, added honey and butter….
Mixed until gooey and soft…
Sprinkled lots of flour before rolling it out, cause this dough gets really sticky…
My favorite part, cutting out my tree shapes with my cookie cutter…
If I had more dough (cookie dough, not $$ dough), I would roll and shape all afternoon long…
Fresh out of the oven. Directions said 9 – 12 minutes, and these only went in for 6. I pulled them out just in time…
Next up, buttercream frosting in my other favorite old ironstone bowl. My mixer was on the fritz, so I had to improvise and whisk by hand…
Once cooled, my trees got a healthy coat of frosting and were then sandwiched together…
And some of the “tops” have holes in them to allow the frosting to squeeze through to look like ornaments…
I decided to create a Cookie Tree in my kitchen, on my bakery wall of course…
Sparkly ornaments and fresh tree cuttings add to this simplistic, pretty vignette…
When I bought this Manzanita tree at a flea market several years ago, I never realized how many times it would come in handy…
I forgot to mention, to make the holes in my trees, I used a glass drinking straw. It makes the most perfect holes!
Then I simply used green floral wire to hang the cookies…
I made enough to hang on my tree, with plenty left over to share at family gatherings…
So what’s your favorite thing to bake for the holidays?
Blogged for Centsational Girl’s Craft Link Party
Monday, December 6, 2010
17 Gingerbread Cookie Tree Ornaments
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*~*~Look adorable and delicious!! ;)Hugs,Rachel~*~*
ReplyDelete*French Farmhouse 425*
Those look so cute!! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove this vignette, and i bake pecan tassies. Little pecan tarts, my mother in laws recipe. Yumm....
ReplyDeleteI love the tree under your Bakery letters. The ornaments look too cute to eat! Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the Bakery letting on your wall and the cookie tree is adorable. Not my favorite thing to bake at holidays but everyone's favorite to eat are mini pecan tassies, bite sized pecan pies. Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeletethis is perfect! just the sort of thing I'm talking about lately....creative, your own, and simple to do....love it!
ReplyDeletexo+blessings,
Anne Marie
Love the photo you took. Is the Bakery metal? Terry
ReplyDeleteThe cookies are so sweet and the setting is perfection.
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look yummy and they look great on the tree.I love the whole vignette. I love baking cakes and cookies too, have had to learn to bake gluten free, its a challenge but learning new techniques can be fun.
ReplyDeleteAdorable, I bet these don't last long with everyone trying to eat them hehe.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas! I just found your blog...where have I been? Everything is so very beautiful...exquisite really! Love the cookie tree and the Bakery sign! Your photography is just stunning too! I can see your home is filled to the brim with joy! Bless you!
ReplyDeleteRuthann
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I have just found you...what a cute idea you had to decorate with the cookies....I love your mantel headboard. Trish
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteCute and YUMMY smelling too.... AWESOME.
Warm blessings,
Spencer
Love your tree with the cookies! How nice to have homebaked ornaments on your Bakery wall. Just adorable!
ReplyDeleteThese are precious. You reminded me that I want to make some Stained Glass cookies before Christmas Eve.
ReplyDeleteI am in LUV with that big ole bakery sign...:)
CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!!! I love these, Jennifer!!! Especially the idea of the frosting peeking through as ornaments. :)
ReplyDeletexoxo laurie
Years and years ago my Hubbs and I went to southern Oregon...and got ourselves a HUGE Manzanita branch.... It filled the entire trunk of our car. I used it for several years as our Christmas tree because we used to go to Hawaii for Christmas and didn't want to leave a live tree for ten days.... I pitched the darn thing and have regretted it ever since..... DARN.
ReplyDeleteLove your bedroom and it was even cuter with the stockings and greens....
Have a wonderful Christmas Jennifer. And, the best in 2011 too.
Can't wait for the January Cottage of the Month. :-)
Spencer