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uses and limitations of edible paste

Basically i should like to know what are the uses and also the limitations of edible paste?

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A Chronicles of Narnia Pop-Up Book

My children and I enjoy creating a unique gingerbread design each year. This year we chose to create a pop-up book of one of our favorite stories.

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Gingerbread House Cookie Cutter

This Gingerbread House Cookie Cutter is a terrific alternative to a full-blown gingerbread house. Make colorful Christmas house cookies easily.

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Fabulous Gingerbread Cottage

Moscow, Russia VsemTort family workshop Gingerbread house for Christmas 201

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soft or hard gingerbread

Please could you tell me when I make a gingerbread house should the actual gingerbread be hard and crunchy or soft ??? Also how long is it edible for please

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Soft vs Hard Gingerbread

What is the difference between soft gingerbread and hard gingerbread

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Mimika's & Agisilai's gingerbread house.

It is the first gingerbread house we have ever made. I hope you like it

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Freezing gingerbread

I have an extra gingerbread house kit that was not used at Christmas. Can it be frozen and used for next year? It has the walls, roof, icing and candy

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Whoville

All their windows were dark. Quiet snow filled the air. All the Whos were all dreaming sweet dreams without care...

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dolls house

i would love a dolls house template. the kind of house you used to play with as a child. 2 or 3 different levels ,with furniture and different room

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Jamaican Gingerbread Vacation

This Christmas, I would much rather have been in the Caribbean sipping margaritas in a hammock nestled between swaying palm trees and enjoying the cool

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What happened!!!?????

For the first time in all the years I've baked ginger bread, this time it turned out with hard little kernels throughout. They were in every chew. UGGH--awful!!

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store bought gingerbread dough???

Can I use the store bought gingerbread dough to make a house???

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Stay UP

How come the gingerbread house won't stay up

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How long can dough freeze?

I made a gingerbread house but the recipe made way too much dough. I put the rest in the freezer instead of baking it, but for how long does it stay good

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Gingerbread house dough won't come together?

My gingerbread house dough won't come together properly. When i roll it out, it breaks into pieces. Do i have to start again

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Ginger bread

I have been told its good to make the dough and put in the fridge over night is this true? Should you do this

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my ginger bread mix is hard and it crumbles

what do I do when my ginger bread mix is hard and it crumble

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too hard to eat

How can I make the ginger bread house soft enough to eat?

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cutting after baking

Can you cut gingerbread cookies after baking

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refridgerate icing before using?

When icing a gingerbread house with vanilla whipped icing do I put the icing in the fridge before using it

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Freezing before cooking

do you need to freeze gingerbread before you cook it? Why

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what do you do when dough keeps breaking

what do you do when dough keeps breaking? thank

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dough cracking breaking up

dough cracking breaking up when rollin

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Does a gingerbread house stay edible after traveling with sealed box

I got a gift from my friends who had been travelling and came to Dubai .it was a gingerbread house but my friends mother she recommends not to eat it because

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First Attempt!

Thanks for providing a free template, we combined a full size one and a mini one to create this gingerbread house. Next year we may look at something

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hard dough

I pulled my dough out of the fridge after chilling and the dough is too hard to roll out

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cutting gingerbread

can i cut shapes eg a door or windows out of already baked gingerbread. I completely forgot to do this before baking it! Is it at all possible???

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oil instead of butter

can i substitute oil for butter

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Gingerbread House Windows

How do you make your gingerbread windoes see through

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