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| We made gingerbread (graham cracker) houses Sunday night with the grandkids. Frosting : 6 egg whites, 1/2 tsp. cream of tarter, and 2 lbs. of powdered sugar. Mix it all until smooth. (I used the mixer but don't "whip" it.) The frosting went into a freezer qt. size bag, and the corner was snipped off. |
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| Every seam gets frosting inside and out. The more it "drips" the better...it looks like snow. |
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| Gracie insisted her house be a triangle. |
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| We thought it came out rather Frank Lloyd Wright-ish. :-) There is a lot of helping the kids yet with the placing of the crackers...... |
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| ....but they love placing the candy. |
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| We only had one cave in..... |
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| ......but it all came out all right. We buy all the candy at the dollar store...and save left overs from year to year. |
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| They had a great time. This was our 2nd Annual Making of the Gingerbread Houses, we expect the houses to get better every year. :-) |
.....jean
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13 comments:
too much fun!!!
What a wonderful tradition to do at "Grandma's house" Good Job! Blessings from Ringle.
Oh ya, love #12's spirit - go Pack go
They look like they had so much fun. I always wanted to make one of those.
What a fun tradition and all the houses turned out GREAT!!
Cute. That's a great idea. My grands will be here for the weekend - think we'll give it a try.
The houses all look gorgeous! Truly a fantastic tradition to start and one the grandkids will look forward to each year. Good goin', Grandma!
Fun! I like to EAT the decorations! LOL
Thanks for all the comments everyone!
labbie1....the kids eat plenty (even though it's old :-)
Oh this does bring back memories. Ours always fell in too. We just couldn't wait for the frosting to harden.
this is too "sweet" ! :D
Now that's a gingerbread house I could do with my grands!
Awesome tradition to take part in. Our youngest son, 16 just completed his candy house this week, I will be posting about it soon. We too, have been doing this as a family activity for years and even at 16 Henry asked to do it again this year! Merry Christmas!
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