Gingerbread

baking · spices · treats

Sweet and spicy mix. Gingerbread gets its special flavor from ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon all baked together. The sweetness comes from honey, sugar, or molasses to balance out the spices.

Many different shapes. Gingerbread can be soft and moist like a loaf cake, or it can be crispy and snappy like a cookie. You can make it thick and chewy or thin and crunchy, depending on what you like.

Holiday favorite worldwide. Gingerbread has been loved for centuries and shows up in traditions around the world, from German gingerbread houses to British ginger biscuits. People bake it during the winter holidays and decorate it in amazing ways.

Ancient spice route treasure. Ginger and the other spices in gingerbread came from far away places like Asia and were once super expensive and special. Bakers used them to make treats that showed off how fancy and skilled they were.