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The time honored tradition of constructing a house out of edible confections is one that can be accomplished many ways - some easy and some that take a lot of skill and patience.
Whether you are looking for fun and easy or fancy and time consuming, here are some ideas to help you build your Gingerbread House:
Make it From Scratch: The Food Network provides step-by-step instructions and a recipe for making your house from scratch. The recipe only makes one house, so if you are planning to do this for a party, keep this in mind - otherwise you will not have enough dough to make your walls.
Miniaturize It: This blog walks you step-by-step through the process (with pictures) to make tiny houses.
Easy & Kid-Friendly: This site is designed around cooking with kids. Using graham crackers and candy, your kids are sure to love the process of building their houses.
Keeping the Form: Do you remember making gingerbread houses in Elementary school using a milk carton as your form? This site provides instructions for building around a milk carton.
Buy a Kit: When in doubt, buy a pre-made kit from the local grocery store. One tip - pick up some extra frosting and candy, there never seems to be enough in the kits.
If all of this construction makes you want to build a new home to live in - give me a call! I specialize in new construction and can help you through the entire process.
