Welcome to Gingerbread world

Ask anyone about gingerbread and you get many different replies. Some see it as crisp, flat gingerbread cookies, others as a square "bread" loaf, some as a cake made with warming spices for a cold afternoon's teatime, yet others as a construction material for gingerbread houses. More of that later! Sometimes a deep, dark brown, sometimes a delicate light chocolate color, always sweet and spicy.

Sometimes served plain, sometimes with butter and jam, sometimes even with whipped cream for a real treat! Frequently, especially as cookies, cut into the shapes of men, women, animals or stars. Many times decorated with frosting, chocolate chips, or dried fruit.

What is sure is that gingerbread has been around for a long, long time and is forever a popular treat.

What a versatile comestible!

From here you can go to:-

The story of The story of Gingerbread through the ages

Learn all about that wonderful spice called ginger

See the insider secrets of how to bake classic gingerbread cookies

Traditional thin & crispy gingerbread men. Try this easy to bake yummy gingerbread men recipe right now.

A Scottish recipe for gingernut cookies with a twist. A winter's afternoon recipe for Scottish gingernuts.

Try a different stlye of recipe, bake some Hard Gingerbread cookies, a recipe from New England

Easy to bake - and light too, try these Ginger butter cookies.

Explore the world of succulent gingerbread loaves.

Ginger shortbread recipe

A ginger cookie to celebrate the life of Ronnie Barker.

Soft Ginger sugar cookies - made the traditional way

Look into gingerbread houses (coming soon)

Read about 'Soul Cakes', lightly spiced cookies to satisfy those Halloween callers.

Go to the top of this page to read the about Gingerbread.