Today, yes, today!!! Zoey and I finally made our gingerbread house! (Our first ever.) We had a blast!!
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| With an egg... waiting for the eggs to reach "room temp" was the hardest part. ;) |
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| Loading up Grandma Joyce's sa-weet mixer! |
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| My girl with the sensative ears. This time she not only stayed in the room with the mixer but right there next to it! (small steps) :) |
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| Piping the walls. Zoey really did a lot of the work! She's quite the little baker/maker! |
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| Our base house (and little snowmen that turned into trees!) |
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| Concentration. She really did work! :) |
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| Our stash of candy and things (all "found" items in the pantry)! |
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| Candy on the roof. (Yes, I piped it.) |
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| Making our bushes and trees. (Marshmallows covered in icing - pretty cool, IMHO.) |
Presenting our very first Miller Manor Gingerbread House!!!
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| Our chimney is an out-of-date Kashi bar that I found in the back of the pantry. ;) Really, it is on straight - it just looks crooked. |
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| A close up. One icing/marshmallow tree and a window. She decorated the windows all by herself and then put the icing on the backs for me to put them on the wall. :) |
This is my first time making royal icing. I learned quite a bit. For one, it doesn't take a doubled recipe to ice a tiny house. 2) add vanilla for a better taste... As in, it IS really edible at all!! and C) I'm interested to find out what happens with the massive amount left over in the fridge.... still usable/tasty? And this recipe is easy!! (Would it work on the upcoming wedding cookies?!? Hmmmm.....)
Hope you enjoy a timely look! xo
4 comments:
HOW CUTE!
Grham crackers are better than gingerbread ;-)
These photos are precious.
Don't forget to email me the photos we talked about of Watoga and the family ... time to make the Christmas cards....
I'm glad you had so much fun with this project.
My nails are the same color as Zoey's! Great minds think alike.
Joey has those sensitive ears too!
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