Description

Christmas time conjures up all kinds of memories of tastes and smells from the kitchen. Christmas celebrations all over the world include the making of those extra special pastries, cookies and dinners that are shared with friends and families. Using only the finest ingredients and mixing in vast amounts of loving care, the Christmas cook stirs and bakes the delicious delicacies that make the holiday feasts so enjoyable and memorable. Chef Claus is a tribute to all those great Christmas cooks that make our lives richer with their wonderful recipes. He is making traditional gingerbread cookies, a cookie that has been baked by cooks for hundreds of years. Originally, the dough was started weeks before Christmas. This allowed all the spices to meld together. In an age where there was no refrigeration, the spices also kept the dough from spoiling. Children loved to help cut the cookies into whimsical shapes, such as stars, animals and gingerbread boys. Then they would fancifully decorate them with nuts, raisins, seeds and frosting to make very merry cookies indeed! More elaborate creations soon followed: gingerbread houses, castles and large shapes to hang in windows. Gingerbread is a traditional part of Christmas festivities and Chef Claus is busy baking cookies to fill up Christmas stockings. Along with this Chef Claus decorative tableware item that you have purchased or received as a gift, enhance your kitchen and holiday tables with other Chef Claus items, such as Pipka’s limited edition Chef Claus collectible figurine, Gingerbread House cookie jar, Gingerbread House candy dish and Gingerbread Boy candy dish. Also available with this collection is Pipka’s Chef Claus’s Cookbook, filled with wonderful family recipes for cookies, candies, and desserts.

Collection: Artist’s Choice
Item #: 13938
Height: 11 inches
Made of cold cast resin
Edition Limit: I Year (3048 Produced)
Introduced in: 2000