What is National Gingerbread Day?
National Gingerbread Day is coming.'Tis the season to celebrate National Gingerbread Day.' Although that may be strange, gingerbread enthusiasts around the country celebrate on June 5th each year by sampling their favorite recipes and gingerbread treats. They're delectable any time of year, whether it's bread, cakes, bars, biscuits, or cookies.
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Gingerbread is a sweet dish that often uses honey or molasses rather than sugar and is usually flavored with ginger. Gingerbread cookies range from a soft, moist loaf cake to something closer to a ginger biscuit.
Gingerbread is thought to have first appeared in Europe in 992 by an Armenian monk. He was there for seven years teaching gingerbread baking to the French priests and Christians until his death in 999.
Gingerbread biscuits were sold in monasteries, pharmacies, and town square farmers markets in the 17th century.. Gingerbread was widely available in the 18th century.