These are the brides…………………….and these are the grooms!
Aren’t they cute? This is what I’ve been doing this weekend- making 56 pairs of this happy couple for a dear friend’s son’s wedding.
I put on my baker’s hat and cut out and baked 112 gingerbread boys and girls-
and then I decorated them with three different chocolates.
The brides got all white chocolate- the grooms dark and milk chocolate-
and then I gussied them all up in bows and ribbons.
And packaged them in cellophane bags,
And tied them with black and gold ribbons and put them into a bakery box.
Actually – two bakery boxes.
Being a baker around holidays means that you don’t have a lot of free time.
Tomorrow I’m making dozens of turkey dinner rolls for the Bake Shop.
You can find directions and a recipe for making the rolls here.
Heidi, they are delightful! I must confess, though, that if I were baking cookies for a wedding, I’d be making half again as many as I needed in case of breakage or frosting fails! Your confidence tells me a lot about your skill!
I have been making cookies for large orders for many years- and I do usually make extra cookies- but only about 3 extra just in case one gets dropped .
So now I have 3 extra cookies left over.
Mmmm, gingerbread cookies. Should I scrap my plans for the day and bake instead???
Love the ph9to of you in your baker’s hat! The cookies look great too.
Sooo cute! Did you get all of these done in one day?! Oh yeah. Your “little” boys don’t get in your way anymore. 🙂
This post just proves that you are one of the best friends a person could ask for. That’s a whole lotta gingerbread people! WOWZA.
Need someone to make bride and groom gingerbread cookies for my daughter’s wedding. She is giving to-go-mugs and thought the cookies would be a great finishing touch. However, cost became a factor. Can you help us? Thanks for your time. Your cookies look adorable. I wish I had the talent. The wedding is Dec. 18, 2009.
Hi Annajean!
I can see where the cost could be prohibitive- there is a lot of work in cut outs when they are decorated in this manner. How many people are you considering giving cookies to?
I generally charge $1.50 to $2.00 dollars each- plus shipping and handling.
You could try to decorate the Pepperidge Farm gingerbread man cookies with piped chocolate and ribbons, but no matter how you do it , you are running out of time.
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