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Gingerbread Party


This was our second year building gingerbread houses with the boys. Last year we bought the kits and they enjoyed sticking a few candies in the frosting before losing interest. This year, since I'm on maternity leave, I decided to take it a step further and bake the gingerbread, make the frosting and invite a few of the boys' friends over for a little party.

Well, of course, it didn't go as planned. The gingerbread simply wouldn't roll out, and refused to be cut into the proper shapes. I was cursing Martha Stewart and her perfect recipe, when I realized the dough had to be pretty much frozen to work. Since it was 10PM at this time, I gave up and decided to buy the kits in the morning for all the kids. After returning from the store and beginning to assemble the four kits, I read that the frosting was supposed to dry for 2-3 hours before decorating. Well, this didn't happen since I finished assembling 5 minutes before the guests arrived. Luckily, no houses were demolished during the decorating. I think everyone had a good time. Sometimes simple is better!

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ME! said…
Those gingerbread houses are cute!! I totally am with you on the prefab houses (gingerbread that is). I had a major disaster trying to make pinwheel cookies. I put the dough in fridge and everything. WHAT A PAIN!!! My mother told me to roll it out b/t two sheets of wax paper...she didn't tell me what to do when the dough stuck to the wax paper. ;) Somehow I don't think my sister has this problem.
December 31, 2008 at 11:21 AM
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