This is Christmas season...

If anyone saw the final episode of Masterchef Australia would know why I got inspired to start making gingerbread cookies. I am actually contemplating doing a small house as well but...lets see that might happen soon.

Did some online research and realised all recipes call for something called molasses. I knew that it was some kind of a sugar derivative but wasn't too sure. Well Wiki describes it as :

Molasses is a viscous by-product of the processing of sugar cane, grapes or sugar beets into sugar. The word molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço, which ultimately comes from mel, the Latin word for "honey". The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or sugar beet, the amount of sugar extracted, and the method of extraction. Sweet sorghum syrup is known in some parts of the United States as molasses, though it is not true molasses.

But this can be substituted by honey so that's what I went with. Unfortunately the recipe didn't turn out the way it should have. The dough was dry and didn't come together. Was rescued by my very experienced maid who said "isnme thoda chaashni dal sakte hai" and that worked wonders. After that it was just a question of cookie cutters and the oven and then all the fun started. With a little icing sugar, sprinkles and some melted chocolate I was like a little child in craft class.

You can see the end results!!