There are few recipes out there which make me re-incarnate an old saying into "Slow and Steady wins the taste"!! Some recipes are such. They take their own sweet time to blossom and develop, but when they do - their taste and smell etch an everlasting impression in your tastebuds. One among the few such is Gingerbread.

I read that Nuremberg(Germany) is referred to as "Gingerbread Capital of the world". Although when I think of Gingerbread I simply remember the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel and the Gingerbread house The origin and the taste has come a long way and its been adapted like no other by US where a Christmas celebration would be considered incomplete without the good old Gingerbread - be it made like a cake, or gingersnap , or house or the more famous Gingerbread man. I came across many gingerbread recipes all varied but also which were quite rich by way of calories.

I had one recipe given to me by an acquaintance which was far lesser calories than the one I have seen and which I adapted further more to be more of healthy and nutritional value than the calories. Its made eggless but if you want, you can add one Egg to the recipe.