Gingerbread cookies bring delight to kids of all ages. For the best outcome, use the same types of candy and frosting to decorate them as you would for a house.
Smaller bits of candy, like chocolate chips, licorice bites and strings, gumdrops, red hots, and sprinkles fit gingerbread people the best. Vanilla frosting is handy for outlining the cookies and it tastes yummy on gingerbread. It's relatively easy to store gingerbread cookies and decorated gingerbread people.
Place cookies in a covered jar or tin or wrap in plastic or foil and keep in a cool, dry place. Gingerbread people require a bigger space and more careful wrapping because of their limbs. If you don't have a big enough jar or tin, make a tent of aluminum foil. Make sure that the foil does not touch the tops so the decorations stay intact. Cookies and gingerbread people will stay soft a long time if they are stored correctly. Decorated gingerbread people can double as holiday decorations if you store them in a big and attractive glass jar.
The jar must have a lid, which you can then tie ribbons around. Add fresh winter greenery for a special touch that also adds a bit of delicious holiday scent and you'll have a beautiful cookie-based scene.
If you want to keep a gingerbread house looking perfect throughout the holiday season, display it in a cool, dry place. Covering it at night with plastic wrap seals out moisture, dust, bugs, and other errant inedibles. All of these products, if wrapped and frozen, can last from 6 to 8 months. Once made, different gingerbreads can last different amounts of time. This is mainly due to whether the gingerbread has been properly stored or not.
Keeping it inside a refrigerator or a freezer will extend the shelf life, of course. However, gingerbread can be stored in pantries, on tables, or in counters at room temperatures and still be good for a while, just not as long as if it was kept cold. Humidity plays a role in gingerbread shelf-life too — the more humidity the gingerbread encounters, generally, the sooner it will spoil. The freshness period of gingerbread can also vary because gingerbread recipes and their ingredients are often very different from each other.
Most gingerbreads are comprised of a combination of flour, sugar, ginger, molasses, baking soda , and a type of shortening usually butter, but sometimes oil. Additional ingredients can include eggs, cream, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and other spices. Softer, cake-like gingerbreads will usually last about 5 to 7 days , if stored in a pantry. Cookie-like or biscuit gingerbreads can last up to two weeks , with some sources saying to almost a month if put inside an airtight container, like this one.
Gingerbread houses can last three to four weeks in pantry conditions. Finally, all of these gingerbreads can last 6 to 8 months in the freezer. Cake-like gingerbreads should be kept in the refrigerator , where they will last longer than the pantry or room temperature conditions. However, they will tend to dry out in the fridge if left uncovered. For cookies and houses, you will want to store them in an airtight container in the pantry or on the kitchen table.
Refrigerator conditions will cause the walls of the gingerbread house to wilt , so you will also want to keep whatever will fit in a refrigerator storage container. Cake-like gingerbreads can stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Gingerbread houses and cookies can last about 3 to 4 weeks in refrigerator conditions.
However, because of moisture, it is more recommended to keep these items in airtight containers on the counter or table. Gingerbread stays good in the freezer for a period of 6 to 8 months. This goes for cake-like gingerbreads, cookies, houses, and even ginger snaps. To freeze gingerbread, use an airtight container. Though the gingerbread can last a long time in the freezer, even beyond 8 months, its quality will drop the longer it is there.
Because eggs are often an ingredient in gingerbread and gingerbread cookies, homemade gingerbread dough usually lasts up to 3 days in the refrigerator. How can you tell if gingerbread has expired? There are four ways to tell if your gingerbread has expired. Expired gingerbread is extremely hard and no longer edible. The smell of the gingerbread is faint compared to typical gingerbread.
Visually, gingerbread becomes discolored, changing to a lighter brown. Lastly, if there is the presence of mold, the gingerbread is expired and should be thrown away. How to store your gingerbread properly Storing gingerbread is easy, just follow these steps: Wrap your gingerbread in saran, plastic wrap or tin foil. Double wrap your gingerbread to ensure its maximum freshness.
Place your gingerbread in a tin or air tight plastic container.
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