Gingerbread for Summer !

 

We love our gingerbread cookies around here.  Poor, neglected gingerbread....it only gets trotted out in December, but it's so, so good.



How about a summery spin on gingerbread?  It's completely EASY and you won't have to wait for December for your gingerbread fix.



Lemon Cream Gingerbread Cookies



You Will Need:

• your favorite gingerbread cookies


• royal icing flavored with lemon extract


• marshmallow creme


• lemon curd

 

Make the cookies and let cool.





Mix up some royal icing, flavor with 1/4 teaspoon pure lemon extract and tint with AmeriColor Bright White (if desired).



Top half of the cookies with royal icing. Add yellow sprinkles if you have 'em.



{Or do like I did and spend 30 minutes picking through jars of multi-colored sprinkles for the yellows. THAT would be a good project for your kids when you hear the dreaded "I'm Bored" this summer.}



 

Stir together 1/2 cup lemon curd (jarred or homemade) with 1/3 cup marshmallow creme.  Adjust the amounts based on how lemon-y you like it.





Then...



Plop some filling on the plain cookies and sandwich together.







Don't want to make the filling?  Skip it!  Top the cookies with a squiggle of lemon royal icing and a bit of yellow sanding sugar.  Voila! Gingerbread cookies for summer!

Do you love gingerbread?