Ninjabread Cookies

How cute are these little ninjabread men?? I got the cookie making kit from Aldi.   It came with a package of gingerbread mix, a package of icing mix, a bag of colored candies, and some plastic cookie cutters that I’m totally keeping for future gingerbread! For the gingerbread, I went the homemade route and found…

Steam!

This is my first attempt at gingerbread.  In bread form — not cookie form.  Also my first attempt at photographing steam… it’s so difficult!  The lighting, the background (or lack of), the vents blowing steam the WRONG way… this is probably why professional food stylists resort to dry ice. Well, at least the gingerbread was…