Comments on: Operation Gingerbread!

By: silver

silver — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:33:36 +0000

My mom and I made a gingerbread house when I was little. It was so much work that we didn’t dare eat the results! I think it sat in our pantry for years before my dad threw it out.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:50:18 +0000

Great job on that gingerbread house. I remember trying to make a gingerbread kit at a friend’s house with Emily (in the sticks too). It was just as messy crazy making as your experience was. Thank goodness for Rapunzel. I didn’t have very high hopes of assembly with my kids. It made me laugh thinking of all the ovens that house has been in :P

By: Gayle

Gayle — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:25:25 +0000

Bug’s hair is so cute! Wow, you guys did a great job!

By: ioi

ioi — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:28:16 +0000

I love your cardboard pattern idea! I made fourteen 3.75″x5.75″ gingerbread houses just last month for a gingerbread party we organized. I was up to my ears in gingerbread and I didn’t know there were box mixes! That would have been a LOT easier! I had just regular graph paper patterns and they were sooo flour/grease/water sogged by the time I was finished with them. What icing recipe did you use?

SAJ says: Oh man! You’re a trooper! I used that icing recipe that has a bag of powdered sugar, egg whites and cream of tartar. It tasted nasty so we added some peppermint flavoring.

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:15:54 +0000

KRUSTEAZ!!! i was addicted way back when .. until i bought a box the size of a telephone booth at a sam’s club and overdid it. :^P

By: bethany actually

bethany actually — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:04:28 +0000

I contradict myself when it comes to gingerbread cookies and houses. When it comes to cookies, I only make them from scratch, sticky molasses and all, because the end result is much tastier in my opinion. And when it comes to houses, I totally cheat and use graham crackers and a tub of pre-made icing, because it’s sooo much easier! :-)

By: heather-ibabble

heather-ibabble — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:48:33 +0000

Your house looks cute! At our house we used to try to make the house, but then gave up because the walls didn’t want to stick and the icing was annoying, etc. So just the fact that you finished it should make you feel good :-)

By: Mrs. Wilson

Mrs. Wilson — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:50:27 +0000

I totally cheated this year. I was at Costco last night and picked up a kit. Yours looks AMAZING!

By: Annika

Annika — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:23:21 +0000

I love it! I’ve never tried making a gingerbread house but now I think I want to.

By: anne

anne — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:06:20 +0000

It turned out super cute! I am SO impressed. I’ve never been brave enough to try anything other than a box set! And I LOVE the cardboard house. Fantastical….