Any cute ideas for making gingerbread houses? My friends and I are making gingerbread houses with graham crackers. How can we make them reeally good? And have a lot of fun?
2006-12-12 13:59:51 · 4 answers · asked by Lindsay 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
you and your friends can make the gingerbread house with graham crackers and then use icing on the house( just use the icing on the joints of the house) and then you can stick gingerbread man on the roof and use smarts as buttons of the gingerbread man's shirt
2006-12-12 14:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can buy those pre made gingerbread house kits and make like a gingerbread house with graham cracker shingles or something creative like that...just get lots of icing and candies and gummies and sprinkles etc....go to the cake decorating section of the grocery store and go nuts...and then go nuts on ur houses..its all fair game cause ur eating them after and thats the best part who cares if it looks good u are just going to eat it two minutes later...
2006-12-12 22:03:12 · answer #2 · answered by lanah10101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gingerbread House
5 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup solid vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups dark molasses
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Frosting, either store-bought or homemade
Brightly colored candies such as gumdrops, licorice, peppermint sticks, etc.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix 5 cups of flour, the ginger and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.
Cream shortening and sugar in large bowl with mixer. Add molasses and lightly beaten eggs. Blend well. Gradually add dry ingredients. Knead in remaining flour, if necessary. Chill dough 1 hour for best rolling results.
Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thick directly onto cookie sheets. Cut patterns, removing excess dough. Chill 10 minutes before baking. Bake for 5 to 8 minutes.
Let cookies cool.
Next, to assemble house, you will want to make a simple cardboard house to use as your base to help hold the house together. Begin applying cookies to the cardboard using your frosting as glue. Once cookies cover the entire house you can decorate with colorful candies such as gumdrops, peppermint sticks and licorice.
2006-12-13 02:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by #15mwu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just finished (well nearly finished) our first gingerbread house from one of these recipes. It was of help to us because we didn't know where to start.
Hope this helps - see the source box with the url address below
2006-12-12 22:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Roy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋