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  • Giant Gingerbread Man Is One Tough Cookie

    12/10/2003 12:41:41 PM PST · by martin_fierro · 1 replies · 218+ views
    Reuters/Yahoo ^ | Wed Dec 10,10:08 AM ET
    Giant Gingerbread Man Is One Tough Cookie Wed Dec 10,10:08 AM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Doormen at a luxury hotel have an unusual rival for guests' attention this month: a giant gingerbread man cookie that chef Othmar Steinhart hopes will earn immortality as a Guinness world record. Taking Christmas cheer to new heights, Steinhart, a chef at the Hyatt Regency, baked the 13-foot, 9-inch sweet and spicy cookie using 220 pounds of flour, cupfuls of ginger spice, 44 pounds of sugar, and 5.3 gallons of molasses and butter. The downtown Vancouver hotel is awaiting confirmation from Guinness World...