I just discovered I have zero patience for dealing with gingerbread dough. I have one TARDIS, one sorta Dalek, and the rest are, uh... Toclafane balls. Yes. Because nothing says Christmas like frosting-covered death.
I tried my hand at gingerbread cookies this year. I made on tree, gave up, and rolled the rest into balls. I thought they were pretty awful...but my friends were like "OMG THEY'RE SO GOOD". I think they were crazy. Or lying...
Balls for the win!!!
(*shifty eyes* DT's balls for the win!!!)Yes I did just go there.
I tried my hand at gingerbread cookies this year. I made on tree, gave up, and rolled the rest into balls. I thought they were pretty awful...but my friends were like "OMG THEY'RE SO GOOD". I think they were crazy. Or lying...
Well, you know how to please your friends now! :D
(*shifty eyes* DT's balls for the win!!!)Yes I did just go there.
Because nothing says Christmas like frosting-covered death.
Buha! I bet that's exactly what the Master did on Christmas day, too.
"OH, DO I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU, EARTHLINGS! TODAY WILL BE A DAY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY, INCLUDING WIPING OUT ANOTHER TEN PERCENT OF YOUR POPULATION. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Dude, the answer to anything involving the words "gingerbread" and "effort" (which should never, ever mix, in my opinion), is my grandmother's Crazy Gingerbread recipe. Basically, you dump all of the ingredients in a cake pan, bake and slice. And it's amaingly good and you can take your frosting tube and draw Daleks and TARDISes and Roses and Doctors to your geeky little heart's content.
It's the only thing I can bake without blowing up the oven. This says a lot about how easy it is. *nods*
It's like...gingerbread cake? It's, um, the consistency and thickness of cake, but completely the flavor of gingerbread. And there's a cake that's the same idea, but cake-flavored.
If you'd like the recipe, I can type it up for you.
(Yes, I loves me some geek!Ned, and PD ins general. <3)
(Aren't they just? And, I agree. We need more things like bee suits and Olive's imagination and Ned's dreams (er, without the crazy endings to said dreams, preferrably...))
I think the trick is to refrigerate the dough then try to cut and decorate it. Of course, I'm speaking off my memory from last year and I just wait for my mom to get it ready for me to decorate. Last week I did a gingerbread house kit with friends and ended up with icing all over my fingers and clothes. It didn't want to stick to the house! (this is why you use royal icing and a piping bag)
Oh, I know! That's the worst dough to work with. Was it from scratch? It's next to impossible to mix up and it's so sticky, no matter how much flour you use.
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Of course. Just like nothing says Christmas like evil robot Santas or Christmas trees that kill.
[wonders if DW is trying to turn kids Jewish]
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I tried my hand at gingerbread cookies this year. I made on tree, gave up, and rolled the rest into balls. I thought they were pretty awful...but my friends were like "OMG THEY'RE SO GOOD". I think they were crazy. Or lying...
Balls for the win!!!
(*shifty eyes* DT's balls for the win!!!)Yes I did just go there.
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Well, you know how to please your friends now! :D
(*shifty eyes* DT's balls for the win!!!)Yes I did just go there.
*gags on cookie*
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I really...don't think I'll ever be able to look at a cookie the same way again.
*shames self*
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8-pCbQnSC4
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BALLS EVERYWHERE!!!
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Buha! I bet that's exactly what the Master did on Christmas day, too.
"OH, DO I HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU, EARTHLINGS! TODAY WILL BE A DAY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY, INCLUDING WIPING OUT ANOTHER TEN PERCENT OF YOUR POPULATION. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
You probably did the evil cackle just like that.
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It's the only thing I can bake without blowing up the oven. This says a lot about how easy it is. *nods*
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Either way it sounds amaaaazing. Yay for simple!!!
(also, icon love!)
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If you'd like the recipe, I can type it up for you.
(Yes, I loves me some geek!Ned, and PD ins general. <3)
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(THEY'RE. SO. CUTE. I just wish they could hug. Like...a daily allowance of hugging or something...)
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(Aren't they just? And, I agree. We need more things like bee suits and Olive's imagination and Ned's dreams (er, without the crazy endings to said dreams, preferrably...))
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Bwahahaha. :D
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