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!)
Hi!!
You probably don’t remember me, but it’s Vanilla, I just wanted to say that the guest I made probably wouldn’t be worth posting anymore since I’m no longer blogging ^_^’
Cute gingermen <3, I'm only capable of rolling them in ball form :p
Merry Christmas (1 week left!!!) 😀
Oh dear pretty vanilla swirl, I could NEVER forget you! And I didn’t forget your guest post either. In fact, I just came up for a title for it last week: Vanilla-Covered guest post hehe. I’ve just been so backed up, especially with moving blogs, but I always intended to post it. I would still love to feature you and your adorable drawing especially… but if you’d rather I didn’t, that’s ok too. Whatever you wish, dear friend! 🙂 Let me know.
Of course! I admit I was a little bit worried at first but hey, it’s not the end of the world, lol. Vanilla covered chocolate, so cool!!
Love the new style of your blog, by the way. <3
p.s: Strange nickname, you say? Mine is ''Baby (insert my family name)''. It's because of the fact that I'm so short (4'11'') and that my family name is chinese, so it's ''fun'' to pronouce. (Yes, that's why I chose ''babyvanilla'', not because I like girly names, lol)
I like the second picture!!! You two are so beautiful!!
Love the gingerbread men, we will have to make them.
We’re *almost* twins… hehe but I guess almost doesn’t count, right? We don’t have that cool twin sense like I bet you do! 🙂
First picture 😀
xoxo
I can’t find dates anywhere. Not in the produce section, nor the dried fruit and nut isle.
Where are they usually located in your grocery store?
And are there any substitutes I can use for dates until I find them? Such as raisins.. maybe?
Ah, stupid dates are hiding and don’t want to be eaten D:<
Thanks 🙂
Oh no! Meanie dates! They need to come out of hiding!!
I find mine next to the raisins (SunMaid brand, in a red package). But at stores like Whole Foods, you can find them in the bulk aisle… or sometimes with the nuts.
As for substitutes… some people say you can use raisins, but I’ve never tried it. If you do, let me know whatcha think! 🙂
I’ll look harder next time them, and if they so chose to hide some more, I’ll just slaughter some raisins (:
lol, thank you!
I know its not Christmas but these look so fun and good! Im going to make them then freeze them for a Christmas treat through out the year!
can these be made with raisins instead of dates?
Haven’t tried it, but I don’t see why not!
Haha, I call my friend “Fina” – Which came from “JoeFina” – Which came from “Josephina” – Which came from “Josephine” – Which came from “Joseph” – Which came from his actual name, which is just “Joe”!!
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! 🙂