[Aliska]

Heh, baking Thursday. Sounds like a plan.

I have cut down my spending because I look back and don't really need a lot of the stuff I got and it's just taking up room. They will let you stick stuff in your cart and keep it there. That's what I do. It's empty now.

No, I don't think cookie dough is a good idea. Look up some gingerbread recipes or get a couple mixes (or more) at Walmart. I love gingerbread with whipped cream. It's a little different from cake texture but would probably work better than cookie dough which is too thick. I think it would bake on the outside and stay uncooked dough on the inside.

My superstore has this, yum. You would put different amount of liquid in for cookies than you would for cake. If you make it from scratch, which I have never felt a need to do, some recipes use hot water.

They also have house mixes, you could look up what yours might have if you just put in gingerbread. Unless yours isn't online.

My other store doesn't seem to carry gingerbread mix. I think Krustaetz (sp?) makes one; their stuff looks good but never tried it. I used to buy Pillsbury. I loved the taste and convenience of it. Just mix with water and bake in ungreased square pan (I prefer glass).

[CottonBall]

But aren’t gingerbread houses made of something more like a cookie? Something that ends up pretty stiff. I guess there are two types of gingerbread, the cookies and the cakes. Actually I don’t really like either, ginger isn’t my favorite. Unless it is freshly shredded, but that goes better in Chinese food then baking.

We are having some pretty cold weather, so looks like a good baking time. And my husband is on travel for two weeks. So I think I’ll just happily do domestic things, inside. Although I will try to get outside to split and stack some firewood. As Thoreau says, it warms you twice :-)

The only time I’ll have to get out to civilization is to drop off my baked goods. Otherwise I’ll get even more potato – shaped if I eat them all!