The return of the handsome men!
It felt so weird to be listening to Christmas music and making cookies when the weather outside was 80 degrees and I was wearing shorts! Texas weather is so strange. Tomorrow, it’ll be back in the 30s.
Because I have such a hard time making decisions, you get to see a lot of photos. Hey, but who would complain about seeing too many handsome-men photos???
Raw Gingerbread Men and Ladies
Word of warning: This dough is so good that you might just want to eat it all out of the food processor/Magic Bullet and save yourself the trouble of forming handsome ginger guys.
- 120g dates (packed 3/4c) If unsure what dates to use, see Fudge Baby FAQ.
- 3 tbsp raw almonds
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1/16th tsp cloves
- tiny pinch salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions: Blend, baby, blend. Then form into people. Or Christmas trees, reindeer, angels… Heck, why not go crazy making yourself a little Gingerbread World?
Changing subjects…
Remember Picture Day at school?
It was a big deal, right? Some random photographer got control over how you’d be remembered for years to come. (Thank goodness, at least, for Picture Re-take Day.) Luckily, with Christmas cards, I get to have a little (read: a lot) more control. ‘Course, if we don’t get them ordered and mailed out soon, it might turn into a Valentine’s Day card!
We narrowed it down to these two.
Above, CCK and the Mashed Potato Sister.
Poor dear; I am very sorry for your nickname. But you brought it upon yourself! Plus, I’m getting you back for all those years you called me ‘Has. (Has came from Tejas, which somehow came from Tatie, which came from Katie. My sister is a strange one… but I love her!)
I have a question about this recipe. I was wondering how do you store them. Can they be frozen?
Counter (covered) a few days, or fridge a few weeks or freeze for months!
These are SOOO amazing!! I can eat gingerbread all day every day (i cant just have it at the holidays!) I adore it… I don’t know if you are a protein powder user, but I thought I’d share my newest protein shake recipe to another gingerbread lover to another just in case 🙂
1 cup Unsweetened almond milk
10 g walnuts
85 g spinach
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tsp gingerbread spice mixture (I mix 1 tbsp nutmeg, 2 tbsp cloves, 6 tbsp ginger, and 7 tbsp cinnamon and store it in the fridge)
5 g molasses
1/8 tsp xanthan gum (my newest addition… Crazy how think just a little bit makes your shakes so thick!)
Few ice cubes
I use my food scale for about 95% of all my measurings but I know you have one too so I figured it’d be okay to share that way! Hope you like it if you try it… It’s like drinking a giant healthy molasses ginger cookie! 🙂
Just made these! They were great! Just don’t add too much cloves! Is there such thing as 1/16 tsp measuring spoon? I had to estimate with my 1/4 tsp for the cloves…and I think I added a smidge too much. But these were pretty tasty nonetheless.
I’ve seen them… but, like you, I don’t own any. I just fill my 1/8th tsp halfway :).
Just made these for my dad, using some pecans and cashews because that’s what I had on hand… let’s just say I got a VERY positive response. Oh, the ways to charm guys into thinking vegan food is not all that bad… 🙂
Hey!
You mention using a food processor or magic bullet… unfortunately I don’t have either. Do you think I’d be able to make this in a regular blender? Or would it be too sticky?
Thanks 🙂
It was too sticky when I tried it with a vitamix (a high powered blender). Almost killed the blender! But maybe if you have a less-high-powered version it could work!
I made this and it reminded me of cookies we ate when we were in Germany. (but they were also made with flour and were covered in chocolate) good…..the smell reminds me of Christmas! This recipe is “keeper” …..thank you! I actually rolled into a log, refridgerated, and when I want…..I slice a piece. I’ll be making these often!!! 🙂
I swear, I am pinning your ENTIRE blog! O.o
I LOVE this! I have been craving gingerbread men lately.
Just made these! So good. Made them into babies. I really th8ink they’re going to be better tomorrow after the flavors marinate. 😀
I Love your website!
Don’t know how long you’ve been baking but I just found you last night!
I’ll be gathering ingredients this week for baking next week!
My husband’s taking me to Disneyworld for my 61st birthday, some of your cookies will be traveling along!
Thank you!
Loooooove your blog so much!!!!! You have the BEST recipes and they are healthy too! You are so amazing.
Oh man, ginger is my best friend.
And as for that Vitamix giveaway, I’m sure I’d use it for sweets, but I also really want to start grinding my own flours and freezing them. I’m a newlywed, so we don’t have much now… the coffee grinder works but boy it takes forever!
Hi! recipe looks great:) do you use 80g of whole dates or pitted ones?
Thanks!!
Dried, pitted. Like Sunmaid brand.
Awesome! Do you use water or vanilla to help them form? More dates? Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Any suggestions on what kinds of nuts I can substitute for the almonds to get the gingerbread-y taste? I’m allergic to almonds, peanuts, and pistachios. Oatmeal is not an option cos I also have celiac disease and even supposedly gluten-free oatmeal does bad things to me.
Please email me, cos I probably won’t remember to check this blog for answers.
Thanks in advance!
How many gingerbread men does this recipe make?
I’ve been trying to find a protein bar recipe that doesn’t have ingredients I can’t locate in South Georgia, doesn’t taste like sweet cardboard, and isn’t going to put me in the poor house. So, I decided after several weeks of scouring the internet to try and adapt this recipe to a protein bar. It turned out AMAZING. Stats aren’t bad either. I made 4 bars out of 270 grams of dough. 203 calories, 2.6 fat grams, 0 mg cholesterol, 24.9 carbs, 3.1 fiber, 19.7 sugars, and (most important to me) 22.8 protein grams. I just added about 1/4 c 60 calorie almond coconut milk and 90 grams of Isonatural unflavored whey.