I've always wanted a gingerbread house.
I ordered a kit from STONEWALL KITCHEN
it came with everything needed except for:
an expert decorator.
The whole icing 'hold it til it sticks'
was a serious problem for me.
I have the attention span of an ant.
THINGS LEARNED:
The gingerbread smells SO good.
Royal icing is a pain.
Lightweight things work the best
(especially on the roof) like gum drops.
The ice cream cone trees were the fun part.
Must have lots of patience and then some.
*note to future gingerbread house constructors...
I made this in Florida. Yes it can be done.
I kept it in the microwave oven
while waiting for the icing to setup completely.*
Saturday, December 29, 2007
once and only once
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i always wanted to do one too. my brother bought one for my mother one year, we were going to do it, didn't, so a year later i took it to my friends' house. where we built it and promptly set it on fire in the driveway (because we couldn't figure out a way to blow it up). i brought them one yesterday with a book of matches. a tradition has begun?
But is it up to code? :)
heh now thats when you sing the Talking Heads song 'burnin' down the house'?
definately not up to code.. no windows and theres no knob on the door, plus its iced shut. Could be a possible home for some sort of large hermit crab....
I couldn't handle the ginger bread house pressure. The thing collapsed, so the kids and I dipped the remnants in frosting and ate it. Tasted like cardboard.
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