Note: Alternate Universe
December 14th, 2018.
Prompt Fourteen: Gingerbread
"Um, Itachi, it says 'lightly beat the eggs and syrup together." Hinata said softly, watching the man in front of her whip the eggs at a diabolical speed.
"I am." He said, not breaking eye contact with the eggs.
"No, you're not." She laughed, standing in front of him and gently taking the bowl from his hands, "Like this, see?"
He watched as her wrist gently whipped the eggs and syrup, gently mixing the two together before him.
"You're so gentle." He said automatically, watching her intently.
"Baking is fun, it doesn't require a lot of strength or skill, just follow the recipe and it will turn out great!"
He smiled at her, watching a small blush creep over her cheeks.
"Ok, now we add this to the butter and dry ingredients" she hummed.
Itachi took the bowl and emptied its contents into the food processor which held the rest of the mixture.
He held the button for the machine to turn on, watching as the ingredients combined together making a caramel coloured dough.
"It looks so good" Hinata whispered in awe behind him.
He smiled, he knew the look she was giving the dough and he knew not all of it would make it into the oven.
She quickly floured their working surface and Itachi rolled out to dough.
Using a floured rolling pin, Hinata began to gently roll out the dough in front of them, making sure it was an even height and inspecting for any lumps that survived the processor.
Once happy enough that all the cookies would be equal, she nodded at Itachi.
He then passed her the snowflake cookie-cutter and he kept the star shaped one.
The two began gently cutting out the cookie shapes, placing them on a lined baking tray beside them.
He noticed every so often that Hinata would take a tiny bit of the dough with her finger and quickly place it in her mouth.
He didn't say anything but smiled down at his work.
The shapes were cute and equal, laid out spaciously on the baking tray before Itachi popped them in the oven.
"Ok, in 12 minutes we will check them." Hinata smiled, setting their egg-shaped timer.
As they began to wash up, Itachi noticed Hinata looking over at the oven every so often, a small frown growing on her face.
"They will be ready soon, don't worry." He assured her.
"I know, but then we have to let them cool and decorate them before we can actually eat them."
Itachi laughed and leaned over to kiss the young woman on her head.
"They will be worth it." He smiled.
The timer beeped and Hinata took a quick look into the oven.
"About five more minutes." She smiled.
The smell from the oven wafted around their kitchen, giving off a beautiful scent of gingerbread.
"They smell so good!" Hinata almost squealed.
Her joy and excitement over the cookies was infectious and Itachi too found himself eagerly awaiting the final buzz of the timer.
It went off five minutes later and Hinata checked the cookies once more before removing them from the oven.
The couple stared down at their snowflake and star shaped cookies in awe.
They took in the beautiful scent of gingerbread and began counting down the minutes until the cookies could finally be devoured.
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