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So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has a recipe for any of the gingerbread cookies from the Grand Floridian gingerbread house? I love those cookies as we got them for our Christmas Eve cookies for Santa in 2006 and 2008 when we were in WDW. Unfortunately, by the time we got there for both stays, all of the recipe cards were gone. Does anyone know of any other place to get the recipe or can share it? I am so sad that we won't be in WDW this Christmas! There is nothing better than WDW at Christmas!
Thanks for any help!
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I couldn't find the one from GF but here's one from the YC.
Enjoy!
Even though it's a little late for this year's holiday festivities, you might want to build a replica of the White House for Presidents' Day. ;-) Here's one Disney recipe:
Gingerbread Cookies
Pastry Chef Stefan Riemer
Disney's Beach Club Resort
Yield: about twenty 3-inch cookies
10 tbsp. unsalted butter
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup milk
14 oz. bread flour
2/3 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cloves
1. Place butter, sugar, corn syrup and milk in a
sauce pan. Heat to about 110 degrees F., stirring the mixture into a smooth paste at the same time.
2. Sift flour, baking soda and spices together.
Incorporate into the butter mixture.
3. Line the bottom of a sheet pan with baking
paper. Dust the paper with flour and place the
dough on top. Flatten the dough, cover and
refrigerate overnight.
4. Roll out a small portion of the dough to 1/16
inch thick. (Keep the dough you are not working with in the refrigerator.) The dough will feel sticky, but don't be tempted to mix in additional flour. The flour used in rolling the dough will be enough -- too much flour will make the baked cookies too hard and not pleasant tasting.
5. Cut out cookies using a 3-inch heart-shaped or star-shaped cookie cutter. Place the cookies on sheet pans lined with baking paper.
6. Bake the cookies at 400 degrees F. for about 10 minutes until they have a rich brown color.
7. Decorate with icing made out of powdered
sugar.
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Thanks for the link, Marie-France. I haven't tasted the cookies yet, but they are making my kitchen smell YUMMY. I can't wait.
I'm going to make some royal icing tomorrow to decorate them.
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Does anyone know of any other place to get the recipe or can share it? I am so sad that we won't be in WDW this Christmas! There is nothing better than WDW at Christmas! 
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