{"id":3322,"date":"2014-12-11T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2014-12-11T18:10:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T02:10:38","slug":"gingerbread-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=3322","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gingerbread <del>Men<\/del> Friends? I&#8217;m being politically correct; you can&#8217;t just call them gingerbread <em>men<\/em> when some of them are obviously&#8230;not men. Right? So these little boys and girls are my buddies, especially since some of them are bearing gifts of chocolate and booze &#8211; and who doesn&#8217;t love a friend who brings you presents like that?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therowdybaker.com%2F%3Fp%3D3322&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therowdybaker.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2FGingerbread-couple-bearing-booze-300x300.jpg&amp;description=A%20gingerbread%20couple%2C%20bearing%20booze%20-%20The%20Rowdy%20Baker\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" data-pin-color=\"red\" data-pin-height=\"28\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_28.png?w=584\"><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Gingerbread couple bearing booze\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?w=1979 1979w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cookies are&nbsp;really easy to make, unless you are trying to make them hold their arms out straight. I could describe all of my failed attempts,&nbsp;but I&#8217;ll just cut to the chase. Two methods worked for me: &nbsp;propping their little arms up with foil as they baked, or amputating their arms right from the get-go, and then gluing them back on with royal icing as they&nbsp;were&nbsp;decorated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3323\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3323\" class=\"wp-image-3323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Little foil splints to hold his arms out.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerfriend-splints.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little foil splints to hold his arms in place.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3324\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3324\" class=\"wp-image-3324 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Surgical option.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-men-bake-arms-separately.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surgical option.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alternatively, you can cut cute little shapes out of dough (gifts, stars, drums, candy canes) and wrap the gingerbread friend&#8217;s arms around it before baking. Kids would get really creative with this!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therowdybaker.com%2F%3Fp%3D3322&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therowdybaker.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2F3-amigos-300x200.jpg&#038;description=Gingerbread%20Men%20-%20The%20Rowdy%20Baker\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" data-pin-color=\"red\" data-pin-height=\"28\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_28.png?w=584\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><div id=\"attachment_3329\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3329\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Three amigos.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-amigos.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three amigos.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230;make them the traditional way, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the recipe I used.&nbsp;For my second&nbsp;batch I used half shortening, which made&nbsp;the dough more stable. You can use all butter if you prefer, but it might spread a tiny bit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Gingerbread-couple-bearing-booze-300x300.jpg\">\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Gingerbread Friends<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERSummary summary\">I can&#8217;t tell you how many this will make &#8211; it depends on the size of your cutters. But it&#8217;s a pretty generous recipe.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup butter<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup shortening<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup white sugar<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 egg<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 cup molasses<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 teaspoons ginger<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 teaspoon allspice (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 3\/4 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">ROYAL ICING:<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 pound powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 tablespoons meringue powder (found with cake decorating supplies)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teaspoon vanilla (I use clear vanilla for the whitest possible icing.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">6 tablespoons warm water<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">FOR DECORATING: melted chocolate, sprinkles, colored sugar, gold dust.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, brown sugar, and white sugar.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add egg and molasses and beat well. The batter should lighten in color.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and salt. Mix well.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Stir in the flour, beating well. Make sure all of the flour is well incorporated.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place dough in an airtight container and refrigerate at least 4 hours (overnight is better).<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Heat oven to 375 F.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Roll dough approximately 1\/4-inch thick between sheets of parchment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cut out shapes and place on parchment covered baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes, depending on how soft or crunchy you want them.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Slide parchment onto a cooling rack and cool cookies completely before decorating.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">To make royal icing, combine the powdered sugar and meringue powder in a large bowl. If you have a stand mixer, I recommend you use it, with the whisk attachment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Add the vanilla. Slowly add the water, beating continuously. Beat on medium high for 5 minutes, adding a little more water if necessary to achieve the right thickness for piping.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place in a pastry bag with a small writing tip and pipe directly onto the cookies. A small amount can be thinned if you want to brush it on with a paintbrush. (Pink cheeks, clothing, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.2885<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3326\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3326\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Yes, yes, I forgot the baking powder. Pfffft.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-ingredients.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, yes, I forgot the baking powder. Pfffft.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3327\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3327\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Cutting out the shapes.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg?resize=450%2C300 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cutting-out-men.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cutting out the shapes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3328\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ugly-gingerbread-man.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3328\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ugly-gingerbread-man.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Occasionally you'll get a butt-ugly one like this! Makes me laugh.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ugly-gingerbread-man.jpg?resize=200%2C300 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ugly-gingerbread-man.jpg?resize=682%2C1024 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ugly-gingerbread-man.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ugly-gingerbread-man.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Occasionally you&#8217;ll get a butt-ugly one like this! Makes me laugh.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therowdybaker.com%2F%3Fp%3D3322&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.therowdybaker.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2Fgingerbread-friends-in-a-row-1024x682.jpg&#038;description=Gingerbread%20Friends!%20%20The%20Rowdy%20Baker\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\" data-pin-color=\"red\" data-pin-height=\"28\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_28.png?w=584\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-friends-in-a-row.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3335 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-friends-in-a-row.jpg?resize=584%2C388\" alt=\"gingerbread friends in a row\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-friends-in-a-row.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-friends-in-a-row.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-friends-in-a-row.jpg?w=1168 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-friends-in-a-row.jpg?w=1752 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you give out plates of cookies and candy at Christmas? If so, why don&#8217;t you customize a gingerbread cookie with the recipient&#8217;s name for that personal touch? Personalized cookies would also be the perfect place card at a holiday meal!<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll use your imagination and find some other fun ways of decorating your cookies. Just&#8230;lock them up well at night so they don&#8217;t wander. (I was going to insert a picture here from &#8220;Gingerdead Man&#8221;, but it was just too creepy. And I don&#8217;t want the copyright police breathing down my back.)<\/p>\n<p>Lorinda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gingerbread Men Friends? I&#8217;m being politically correct; you can&#8217;t just call them gingerbread men when some of them are obviously&#8230;not men. Right? So these little boys and girls are my buddies, especially since some of them are bearing gifts of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/?p=3322\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11,83],"tags":[342,341,338,339,337,340],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cookies","category-holidays","tag-gingerbread-cookie-recipe","tag-gingerbread-cookies","tag-gingerbread-friends","tag-gingerbread-man","tag-gingerbread-men","tag-gingerbread-men-holding-gifts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.therowdybaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/gingerbread-men-banner.jpg?fit=2554%2C1312","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YuGU-RA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3342,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions\/3342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.therowdybaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}