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Alaskan Dog Sled Race
I have always wanted to depict the Iditorod Dog Race in gingerbread. There was a Pop Tarts competition on-line, so I entered.
Gingerbread Carousel
This year’s gingerbread, my 5th. Dome, top, bottom, support column (covered in fondant ), and seat are all gingerbread. Horses are hand shaped fondant.
can you substitute shortening with butter
Can you substitute organic salted butter for shortening in a gingerbread recipe?
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Storing cooked house pieces
How do I store gingerbread house pieces I bake in August? I plan to actually build the houses in November. Is that doable?
Gingerbread village
I found a woods gingerbread village that I’d like to create out of actual gingerbread. See attached picture. Thank you!
The Christmas Garland House
All my nieces and nephew's came over the night before to make their houses and the next day I used all the leftover stuff to build this house.
Extreme Mouse Takeover, Christmas Edition
Last year gnomes, this year fairies! I love the whimsical and I was inspired by the beautiful fairy houses of Sally J Smith. The project grew to include
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Optional Glaze recipe for cake
Does the glaze really require 3 TABLE spoons of vanilla? that seems like a lot!
Gingerbread pieces are soft but already decorated. Is there any hope?
We baked our house pieces and they were nice and hard- it rained one day and now they are all soft. The problem is we’ve already decorated almost all the
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last year's project
Every year I do a gingerbread project with my grandchildren. Last year we did this project together. My second granddaughter designed the project and I
Brew for WHO ?
Halloween is my wonderful 7 yr. old grandchildren favorite holiday and we must have a gingerbread house of course. This year's inspiration came from a
Mid Century Christmas
Made for a fund raising bake sale in Palm Springs, Ca MCM capital of the world. Fun to make and had never worked with Isomalt for windows.
A Brew for WHO ?!
My 7 year old wonderful grandkids always look forward to a Halloween gingerbread house and after seeing a picture of Dracula in a bright red cape the
Santa’s workshop
Last year my work will be holding a gingerbread contest due to lack of participation. Had to go out with a bang. Decided to dedicate Santa’s workshop to
My Very First Gingerbread
My work decided to start a gingerbread contest. I decided to emulate a stained glass light up church I had for Christmas. This was my first attempt at
I will be Home for Christmas
For 20 years it has been a yearly tradition for me to get with my grandchildren and make a gingerbread project for Christmas. The rules are everything
Mele Kalikimaka
I entered this house at our company (Net App, in RTP, NC) annual Gingerbread decorating contest this past December 2020. And I won!
this was my winning entry in the 2020 contest at work
Hawaiian Gingerbread House ....
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Gingerbread Log Cabin
Every year we decide on a different subject for our ginger bread “house”. It’s just me and my daughters, we started this tradition when we were at a time
Baked pieces too soft
It’s my 30th year of baking houses. It’s been a few days and the pieces are soft. I’ve got them on racks on a table, anything else I can do?
Gingerbread houses for the holidays
These are the gingerbread houses I sold at my local farmer's market this year.
soft gingerbread humid climate
this was my first time making a gingerbread house and I used the white house chef's gingerbread house recipe. I baked them 6 days ago and they aren't hardening.
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