gingerbreads

Molasses-spiced holiday treats

Gingerbreads are cakes or cookies flavored with ginger and molasses, often shaped into figures or decorated with icing.

The term also refers to elaborate ornamental woodwork on houses, especially Victorian-era trim with intricate carved patterns: a row of Victorian homes with decorative gingerbreads along the eaves.

baked

cookies

Small sweet baked goods

cloves · nutmeg · holiday · baking · dough · icing · decorated · festive · treacle · golden syrup

houses

decorating

Adding aesthetic elements

gumdrop · peppermint · roof · chimney · icing · construction · edible · windows · doors · Hansel and Gretel

architectural

trim

Remove unwanted edges

scrollwork · eaves · verandah · decorative · woodwork · facades · elaborate · carved · houses · corbels

figures

men

Adult male humans

children · shapes · cutters · people · running · limbs · heads · decoration · ornaments · anthropomorphic

Opposites
cookie/baked good type

gingerbreadschocolate chip cookies

Baked sweets with cocoa morsels

sugar cookies · vanilla wafers · shortbread · macarons · brownies

flavor profile

gingerbreadslemon bars

Citrus curd on shortbread

Phrases
Family

gingerbread

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G