spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Dec 19, 8:01?pm, tert in seattle > wrote:
>> I've made literally a thousand snickerdoodles, but gosh darned if Christmas
>> is about something other than digging up your old recipes. ?I knew the dough
>> was too buttery but I trusted my 1997 Joy. ?Never again. ?A little extra
>> flour resulted in the usual un-flat version.
>>
>> This is the second time I tried making gingerbread dough -- the first was
>> a disaster and that's why I haven't done it in like eight years.
>>
>> For some reason the gods were pleased with me this year and that dardned
>> dough was the easiest to work with I have experienced in a long time.
>> After following Joy to the letter the end product led me to determine that
>> a little cream wouldn't hurt to soften things up a bit. ?Turns out that was
>> the trick. ?Let's see if I can remember, or find this post for next year.
>>
>> What else I learned this year -- lemon icing is the best for ginger cookies.
>>
>> http://www.ftupet.com/upload/xmascookies.JPG
>
> The gingerbread looks great -- are those your sweetie's hands on the
> right?
>
> Are the boys old enough to help? I forget.
>
> The cookbook is yours, you can write in it.

those are all 5-year-olds' hands and they did help in their own special way

not sure what to write in the cook book ... half a handful more flour?
depending on the humidity? what I need to write is "trust my insticnts"