1: It was my first time making a gingerbread house and I had to look up a lot of different how-to articles. I ended up using this article: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/gingerbread-house-recipe-1963254 (I know it doesn't look anything like that, but hey, I tried.) Word to the wise, use another icing recipe or more sugar.
2: The icing required a ton of sugar and, even though I thought that I had enough, the icing wasn't thick enough.
3: Liquidy icing equals falling walls. So when I went to assemble the roof and the walls and the doorway, they fell over again and again. Finally, I used tape dispensers to hold up the walls and that worked. Until...
4: I ended up using peanut butter to put the roof on, and its heaviness caused the walls to fall down.
5: Needless to say, I had to make the roof flat, though it did end up looking quite good.
So this project was frustrating from the start. It took me from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., but, lucky for me the gingerbread and the icing both tasted fabulous. And those are pine trees, not Christmas trees. 😛 Made 12.10.17
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