Thursday 22 December 2016

Snowflake Gingerbread & Best Wishes

I love snowflakes.  Whether they are tatted, painted... or baked!  Making and decorating gingerbread is one of my favourite Christmas time activity and a lovely little gift for family and friends.  This Scandinavian recipe is particularly delicious, flavoured with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and orange zest.  I found it many years ago in a magazine and it's the one I re-make every year.


Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have a lovely holiday
and I wish you a wonderful and creative New Year 2017.


Best wishes,
Frivole

Posted by Frivole at 15:13

13 comments:

  1. Ninetta22 December 2016 at 15:27

    they look yummy!

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  2. ViraFeldman22 December 2016 at 15:34

    Such lovely cookies--are they Pepparkakor? Merry Christmas to you as well!

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    1. Frivole27 December 2016 at 23:56

      Not sure they're quite like Pepparkakor but a version of spicy biscuits. :-)

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  3. Margarets designer cards22 December 2016 at 16:07

    They look yummy
    I wish you and your family a very happy Christmas and a very happy new creative year ahead

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  4. Jane McLellan23 December 2016 at 08:03

    So neatly piped! They look delicious. Happy Christmas to you and your family too.

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  5. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane23 December 2016 at 10:55

    Merry Christmas! I love gingerbread, but I never make it as I would be the only one eating it. Enjoy the holiday season!

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  6. CrazyforScotland23 December 2016 at 13:20

    Lovely g'bread, but what got my attention is the EXQUISITE tatted doily underneath!!! Do you remember where you found the pattern, or its name??? LOVE your blog - it brightens my day when it pops into my mailbox - THANKYOU!!

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    1. Frivole27 December 2016 at 23:59

      Hi, thank you for your comment, the doily is a design by Jan Stawasz. It's made of medallions and diamonds which you can repeat as many times as you like to achieve the size and shape you wish (square or rectangle and as small or as large as you wish) and then there is a border to finish it off.

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    2. GraceT30 December 2016 at 09:50

      Same here - I love the dainty gingerbread, but I was looking at the doily, too! I found it in "Tatted Treasures", but it looks like you have made some adaptations to get the octagonal shape. I hope you'll let us have a better look at it... :-)

      I also really enjoyed your video tutorial for adding crystals to the centre of your Crystal Star - most ingenious! Thank you for that.

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  7. muskaan23 December 2016 at 14:09

    Drooling :-P

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  8. Michelle23 December 2016 at 15:41

    Too pretty to eat! But I bet people manage....

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    1. Frivole27 December 2016 at 23:56

      Oh yes! No problem with eating it here! :-))

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  9. Bernice24 December 2016 at 04:24

    All the best of the season to you. mmm gingerbread.

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