amylsacks' photos with the keyword: gingerbread

I didn't plan for the recurring hat motif. It just happened. Also, that "dad" at the upper right is clearly the crusty old Doc from Murder She Wrote . Anything to pay off those medical school bills, I guess. Left side: Sunset magazine, April 1950 Center: Family Circle , September 1953 Right: Good Housekeeping . September 1957

"It's George Washington's Mother's Slave's Own Recipe!" :/ From the April issue of Better Homes & Gardens .

(Lower Left) Maybe I'm being churlish, but I'm pretty sure that pudding when you freeze it is still pudding, not ice cream. [shrug] Nice cake decorations, though.

Other recipes: Gingerbread Boys, Ginger Cookies, Gingerbread Cakes, Gingersnaps, Hermits (Oatmeal), Hazelnut Slices, Hazelnut-Jam Slices, Hansi's Spekulatius, Holiday Cookies, Helen's Drop Cookies, Jelly Marmalade Drop Cookies, Jolly Kris Kringles, Jiffy Peanut Chews, Jelly Marmalade Bars, Kolocky, Lebkuchen, Laura's Dutch Treats, and Londonderry Molasses Cookies.

"Mix your batter gaily, Choose a colored bowl, Make a cheerful clatter, Whistle as you roll! "The cookies will be better, The afternoon less long, If you do your baking To a tuneful song! "If the day be rainy, Let it rain or pour; Snug within your kitchen, Enjoy the baking more! "If the day be sunny, Let the hot sun glow; Shine into your window As you mix the dough! "No matter what the weather, No matter what the clime Enjoy your cookie-baking! Have a wonderful, wonderful time!" -- The Editor Front and back covers of a 62-page hardback published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York. (Minus the customary "THE" in our title. Oh, well.)