I was so excited to make Gingerbread houses for Christmas this year, Ceci is at a perfect age to enjoy helping decorate if only for a few minutes. Then this happened! I made the dough, cut out and baked all the pieces, cooled them and let them get "stale" so they wouldn't collapse. I put the pieces away overnight and got them out this morning, making molten sugar for the glue. I couldn't work fast enough, as the sugar got more difficult the pieces began to crumble more and this roof piece was the last to go on and obviously the most damaged.
At some point in my life I may learn to be less stubborn, but I don't know that it will be any time soon. Gingerbread house making was a family tradition for my family growing up, we always went to the Arndt house and had so much fun. I know it took Sue years of trial and error to perfect her recipes and techniques. Why on earth I thought my learning curve would be any different is beyond me. In the meantime I have Sheri bringing a box of regular Graham crackers tomorrow to make fake Gingerbread houses, they won't be GF, but it will be fun. And even if this house does survive until the party it's current hideousness won't matter after it's covered in icing and candy.
I'll let you know if it makes it and post the pictures after we get them decorated.
At least half of one house looks presentable.
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| Recovery! This is the side with the hole in the roof, no one would have ever known. |
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| This is Ceci's side of the house, I did make the gingerbread girl for her. |
