Monday, November 23, 2009

Gingerbread Leaves and Lemon Bars


I've used this gingerbread recipe from Allrecipes.com for a couple holidays now.  It calls for instant butterscotch pudding instead of molasses.  The dough is very easy to work with.  I just used leaf and acorn shaped cookie cutters.  Once the cookies cooled, I melted a half a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave and poured into a ziploc bag.  Then I simply cut the tip of one of the corners of the bag and drizzled the chocolate over the cookies.  Be sure that the chocolate is not too hot, or the bag will be to difficult to handle.


This recipe for lemon bars is from MarthaStewart.com.  They are creamy and smell like freshly sliced lemons, because they are made from real lemon juice.