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Amy
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:51 pm |
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Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:37 pm Posts: 3404 Location: Telluride, CO
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Wonderful! Congrats to all.
Amy
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Tim
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:19 pm |
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:36 am Posts: 894 Location: Springfield, IL
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Pete,
That is a direct quote from Yvette, our local daughter-in-law. She should know, she helps lib with gum past figures and painted fondant.
Tim
ps: I better not let Lib read these responses....
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phoenix
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:01 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:33 pm Posts: 954 Location: Northern California
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Whoa! How great! Jes, any chance I can wrangle the ginger biscotti recipe out of you?
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JesBelle
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:28 pm |
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Phoenix - Sure, but keep in mind I just made it up today.
Triple Ginger Biscotti
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ground ginger 2/3 cup brown sugar 3 large eggs 3 tablespoons molasses 1 ½ tablespoons fresh ginger, grated ½ cup crystallized ginger, minced
1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350°. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment, then oil.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground ginger together into a small bowl.
3. Whisk sugar and eggs to a light lemon color; stir in molasses, fresh ginger, and crystallized ginger. Sift the dry ingredients over egg mixture and fold in until dough is just combined.
4. Halve dough and turn each portion onto prepared cookie sheet. Using flour hands, quickly stretch each portion of dough into a 13x2-inch log, placing them about 3 inches apart on the cookie sheet. Pat each dough shape to smooth it. Bake, turning pan once, until loaves are golden and just beginning to crack on top, about 35 minutes.
5. Cool the loaves for 10 minutes; lower the oven temperature to 325°. Cut each loaf diagonally into 3/8-inch slices with a serrated knife. Lay the slices about ½-inch apart on the cookie sheet, cut side up, and return them to the oven. Bake, turning over each cookie halfway through baking, until crisp and golden brown on both sides, about 15 minutes. Transfer biscotti to wire rack and cool completely.
This was based on some biscotti recipes from the January '94 issue of CI (Steve Johnson - author) and various Triple Ginger Cookie recipes from around the web. It was too liquidy; I had to add about 1/3 cup of flour to make it workable. I think next time I try it, I will use 2 eggs and 1 yolk. If that is still too sloppy, I'll try it with 2 eggs. Basically, I mean to try this recipe many times, because it turned out pretty dang good. I just ate more biscotti than I care to mention dipped in a cup of Trader Joe's Vanilla Cinnamon Tea. Yum.
Oh, and of course the egg-sugar mixture will not get "lemony" in color, nor will the finished biscotti be golden brown. Just look for the cracks (They will be very little.), but be careful; they burn easily. I think it might be the molasses.
Last edited by JesBelle on Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:49 pm |
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Wow, very nice. Gonna do the competition this year?
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Tim
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:43 am |
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:36 am Posts: 894 Location: Springfield, IL
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TheFuzzy wrote: Wow, very nice. Gonna do the competition this year? No Fuzzy, Our Festival of Trees supports a local hospital by auctioning the donated trees and gingerbread houses. Sadly, her houses were being sold for $100 - $200. Sometimes the materials cost over $100. She also donated a small house to her PEO sisterhood that would generate $700 in raffle tickets for college scholarships. Lib decided to develop a downtown gingerbread house raffle in conjunction with a series of Downtown Springfield Holiday Walks. The houses will be displayed in a number of shops and restaurants with a ballot box raffel. $5 per ticket and all proceeds will go the the Springfield Area Arts Council. Most of the funds will provide artists in residence programs at local schools. She is making 10 houses and two friends are each donating houses. Their goal is $4.000. The other quality gingerbread house builders have moved their houses from the Festival of Trees to Belleville, IL for a downtown competition with $500 prizes. This competition is kind of silly since they permit houses constructed of wood, foam board and aluminum foil with frosting painted over the exterior. Kind of a sham. Tim
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Lu1
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:29 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:43 pm Posts: 195 Location: Maui
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phoenix
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:43 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:33 pm Posts: 954 Location: Northern California
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kim
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:06 pm |
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gardnercook
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Post subject: Re: Our Gingerbread Houses Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:41 pm |
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Joined: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:01 am Posts: 1287 Location: Denver
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Beautiful....I wish I had the patience to do that! Ilene
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