This year, Micah decided we needed to make a gingerbread house. I thought it would be cool! I began making plans to go buy the supplies: gingerbread graham crackers, canned frosting, and candy for decoration. My planning soon came to crashing halt when Micah informed me he wanted the gingerbread house to be made from scratch. Ok, I thought, it would mean a little more work, but Christmas was only once a year....let's do it!!
We began to plan out what we wanted the house to look like and find the perfect gingerbread recipe. The pictures below are a representation of our first ever attempt at making and then destroying a gingerbread house....
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| Some of our supplies as we were getting ready for the adventure....the cardboard was cut out in the pattern of the house and yes, the candy made it until we began decorating!! |
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| This is the first ball of gingerbread....after running to the neighbor's house to borrow spices, thank you Rhonda, and chilling in the fridge for several hours. Let the fun begin!! |
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| Cutting out the shape of the house....after a few tries, I learned to flour the cardboard first... |
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| Our first two sides done and ready for the oven!!! |
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| Setting out the pieces to cool.... |
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| cooling.... |
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| Putting on doors and windows before the house is set up. |
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| The house is now all put together and iced up....and no, I did not use baking soda or powder in the decorating....they are just left over from making the gingerbread!! |
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| Drumroll............the completed gingerbread house in all her glory!!!!!! |
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| And boy did she taste good!!!!!! |
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