Christmas, a magical wonderful time of year where everyone is spreading love and joy and gifts! Now for some people gift giving comes like second nature, however to others it can be a stress! How much to spend? What do they like? Will they like what I'm getting? Now my big tip (if you can) is to just make something yourself! It's heartfelt, love has gone into creating something special and if I do say so myself, you can't go wrong with food!
Now my go-to thing to make (especially for Christmas gifts) is gingerbread! I mean who doesn't love gingerbread around Christmas time! I love how easy it is to make and everyone I've gifted these beauties to has always come back with great feedback!
The recipe I use is from the BBC website so go check it out here!
I like the rule 'if it isn't broken, don't fix it' so I've never really strayed away from using this recipe! (Well maybe added some more golden syrup if the mixture is too crumbly or some more cinnamon if I'm feeling fancy 😉)
Now something I do want to talk about are these gorgeous copper cookie cutters that I bought from Dunelm Mill! There's a Star, a Tree, a Reindeer and a Gingerbread cookie cutter and they're by the company Eddingtons! I managed to get these on sale for around a £1.00 each I think!
Decoration wise for the biscuits, you can do what you like, keep it simple and just dust them with icing sugar, or make them more personalised and ice on someone's name or initials!
Now to make them a bit snazzier and more gift-like I've wrapped mine up in dotted cellophane which makes it look like snowfall and I've tied it up with some silver ribbon and added a little tag!
Let me know in the comments if you prefer homemade gifts or not!
Love Lohaa x
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