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| This could be the start of a new tradition in our home. (We've never done anything like this before!) |
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| The girls washed up, pulled their hair back, and gathered their supplies. |
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| Ahh, such an innocent and trusting young man. He surely didn't know what he was getting into when he volunteered to help out. Now he's got a coating of cornstarch. |
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| Hey, little man, can you balance a gumdrop on your nose? |
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| "Beauty" worked on the front door. (It's amazing how the cornstarch smooths the icing out so well.) |
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| "Cutie's" turn! She was a nervous wreck the whole time . . . she thought she was gonna mess it up. She did great, though! :) |
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| This girlie diligently rolled out the red gumdrops with our rolling pin to make the windows. When she was done she steadied her hand and outlined them with icing and topped them off with green candies. |
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| (Steady, now, steady). Here she is finishing off the roof by adding the lattice look. |
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| All done . . . and boy, are we TIRED! |
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| A look from above. |
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| The house was as hard as a rock. No way anyone will be eating this baby. |
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| It was so warm today that the icing started drooping. :( |
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| "Ta-dah!" |
2 comments:
We have a very clever neighbor down the street who has been making gingerbread houses for a number of years (her three children are all in their late teens or out of the house). She has found a way to make "stained-glass" windows: cut out your house shape, and the windows. Bake the cookie 2/3 of the way, then remove from the oven to add crushed pieces of jolly rancher candies to the window spaces. Return to the oven to complete the cooking - when you remove the "wall" from the oven, the candies will have melted into the window-space. She bakes hers on tin foil to keep them from sticking! Have fun with your new tradition!
Thanks so much for that great tip, Melissa! We will be sure to remember it . . . and to use it on our next gingerbread house! :)
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