Christmas gingerbread – santas, hollies, ornaments and presents

Like I said in an earlier post, Christmas is a season where people start baking crazily. I didn’t quite go crazy baking –  it’s just that my gingerbread recipe yields A LOT of gingerbread. So one gets tired of snowflakes and has to think of alternatives. Gingerbread man (and woman) and Christmas trees would be great, if only I had the cutters. That’s right. I only discovered that I did not own any gingerbread or Christmas tree cutters after I’ve made the gingerbread dough. Another reason why one should categorise his/her cutters.

Anyway, I discovered the versatility of the simple circle cutter. A circle cutter and a large piping tip makes good Christmas ornaments. So here are the decorated Christmas ornaments, in a variety of Christmasy colours, individually packed as gifts.

Another use of the mighty circle cutters – Christmas hollies! I tried to pipe these with the leaf tip but perhaps the icing was not quite stiff enough, the vein patterns were not as pronounced. Nevertheless, I think they look cute.

Yet another use for the circle cutters – Santa faces! I got this idea from one of my baking books – Cookie Craft. I think they look absolutely adorable. The children will definitely like them. I was a little lazy to dot the eyes with black dye but if you so fancy, do go ahead.

These are the least of my favourites, but since I had a present cookie cutter, I decided to use them afterall.

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