RECIPE: Gingerbread House Decorating
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One of our favorite things to do is to host a mother-daughter decorating day.
Have a decorating contest and split family/friends into small groups at Thanksgiving or around Christmas and have a contest for most unique, most traditional or host a party. Buy ready-made houses and lots of items to decorate with… everyone will be busy for hours.
ICING:
- 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar (1 box )
- 3 Tablespoons Meringue powder
- 4-6 Tablespoons cold water
DECORATIONS:
- 14×10 Cake Boards from Michael?s
- Houses (Vons or Linens-n-Things)
- Paper plates (to put candy on)
- Bowls with wet paper towels to hold icing bags
- Icing bags & tips
- Clear containers for all candy
- Tablecloths (disposable)
- Hammer (to crush cough drops)
- Icing: White, Red, Green (buy extra in tubes if needed) (meringue powder
- Chocolate Chips (Christmas colors)
- M&Ms (Christmas colors)
- Andes Mints (for presents)
- Necco Candy (roof)
- Nilla Wafers (roof)
- Chex (roof)
- Mini-wheat (roof)
- Triscuits / Wheat Thins (roof)
- Pretzels – both curved & straight (fence, wood stack)
- Candy Canes-small (fence)
- Peppermints (decor)
- Marshmallows- large & small (snowman, chimney)
- Vanilla Wafer cookies (steps, chimney, shutters, door)
- Graham Crackers (door, shutters)
- Cones (Christmas tree)
- Coconut (snow)
- Powder Sugar (snow)
- Nerds
- Jelly Beans (path)
- Jelly Pops Characters (1 for each person)
- Gum (fruit striped)
- Cough Drops – blue (pond)
- Rock Candy
- Red hots
- Gingerbread people