There's so much to love about your house, so many little details that make it look so "lived in". What do you use to make the front door look chevroned? What do you use for the snowmen? They are so cute with the perfect charcoal eyes and mouth, and little carrot nose. Not completely sure, but think the lamp post is my favorite detail. But, love the pretzel fence and gate, too. Nope! It's the windows! They are amazing!
I think that pic would be a very nice greeting card, sending a little of yourself to all your loved ones.
Loajoy this gingerbread house is just so beautiful and tempting - like in the Hansel and Gretel story - great work. But if I had one, I wouldn t eat it, just keep it to look at it. Thanks for sharing.
Wow that is AMAZING!!! You're so talented! Best I can do is a candy train cake but I don't really bake as I avoid sugar (my maternal family unfortunately comprises of a number diabetics).
We're unconventional for Christmas as we have Peking duck (I was born in a tropical country in the far east) rather than turkey but we've been serving mulled wine 3 times a week since middle of November! LOL!
Wow that is AMAZING!!! You're so talented! Best I can do is a candy train cake but I don't really bake as I avoid sugar (my maternal family unfortunately comprises of a number diabetics).
We're unconventional for Christmas as we have Peking duck (I was born in a tropical country in the far east) rather than turkey but we've been serving mulled wine 3 times a week since middle of November! LOL!
Mom used to serve duck once in awhile for Christmas when she wanted to change things up a bit, but almost always ham; scalloped potatoes; jello salad with mixed fruit; green beans with bacon and onion (yum, never any left-over); rolls; wonderberry pie and ice cream for dessert.
Did you do the artwork in your avatar? It is terrific!
Wow that is AMAZING!!! You're so talented! Best I can do is a candy train cake but I don't really bake as I avoid sugar (my maternal family unfortunately comprises of a number diabetics).
We're unconventional for Christmas as we have Peking duck (I was born in a tropical country in the far east) rather than turkey but we've been serving mulled wine 3 times a week since middle of November! LOL!
Mom used to serve duck once in awhile for Christmas when she wanted to change things up a bit, but almost always ham; scalloped potatoes; jello salad with mixed fruit; green beans with bacon and onion (yum, never any left-over); rolls; wonderberry pie and ice cream for dessert.
Did you do the artwork in your avatar? It is terrific!
Mmmm, can I invite myself to your mum's for Christmas?
Other than duck, the rest of our Christmas menu is not at all traditional. Usually some maki rolls, creme fraiche garlic butter potatoes, spicy chicken wings or fried chicken (son's favs) and possibly if I can be asked, chocolate crepes (my other half is French).
Yes, the avatar is a screenshot of one of my islands.
Oh yay, I can repay you a bit. I have made the following cornbread and it is excellent! Even made the blackberry version with berries right out of my backyard and everyone loved them!
Blackberry Cornbread 8-10 servings 2C self-rising white cornmeal 1/2C sugar 5 large eggs 16 oz sour cream 1/2C canola oil 2C fresh blackberries
Can you have dairy if it is in baked goods? Could not find self-rising white cornmeal anywhere, but found if you add 2T cornmeal + 4t baking powder + 1t salt it works great.
Preheat oven to 450°. Stir together cornmeal and sugar in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Whisk together eggs, sour cream, and oil; add to cornmeal mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in blackberries. Spoon batter into a lightly greased 12" cast-iron skillet. (I did mine as muffins)
Bake at 450° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 25 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.
Blackberry Cornbread Muffins Prepare batter as directed. Coat 2 muffin pans with vegetable cooking spray; spoon batter into muffin pans, filling 3/4 full. Bake at 450° for 15-17 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack. Makes 2 dozen muffins.
Hi, Shirley
Blackberries are my favorite berry. Luv 'em, luv 'em, luv 'em. I just put them the grocery list; we'll have these corn muffins tomorrow night. And Thursday breakfast. And half of them need to go into the freezer. Yum.
And, yes, I drink milk, eat yogurt and cheese. Just no gluten.
Thank you.
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Oh yay, I can repay you a bit. I have made the following cornbread and it is excellent! Even made the blackberry version with berries right out of my backyard and everyone loved them!
Blackberry Cornbread 8-10 servings 2C self-rising white cornmeal 1/2C sugar 5 large eggs 16 oz sour cream 1/2C canola oil 2C fresh blackberries
Can you have dairy if it is in baked goods? Could not find self-rising white cornmeal anywhere, but found if you add 2T cornmeal + 4t baking powder + 1t salt it works great.
Preheat oven to 450°. Stir together cornmeal and sugar in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Whisk together eggs, sour cream, and oil; add to cornmeal mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in blackberries. Spoon batter into a lightly greased 12" cast-iron skillet. (I did mine as muffins)
Bake at 450° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 25 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.
Blackberry Cornbread Muffins Prepare batter as directed. Coat 2 muffin pans with vegetable cooking spray; spoon batter into muffin pans, filling 3/4 full. Bake at 450° for 15-17 minutes or until tops are golden brown. Cool in pan on a wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack. Makes 2 dozen muffins.
Hi, Shirley
Blackberries are my favorite berry. Luv 'em, luv 'em, luv 'em. I just put them the grocery list; we'll have these corn muffins tomorrow night. And Thursday breakfast. And half of them need to go into the freezer. Yum.
And, yes, I drink milk, eat yogurt and cheese. Just no gluten.
Thank you.
Hope you enjoy them, my daughter loves them. Let me know if they work out better than the other cornbread recipes you have tried.
There's so much to love about your house, so many little details that make it look so "lived in". What do you use to make the front door look chevroned?
Beechnut Fruit Striped Gum. It also makes awesome window shutters as you will see in the pics I am about to post of the first two houses for this year.
The snowman is made of rice crispy treats that are smushed together and rolled into the appropriate size balls. This one is covered in white Tootsie Rolls (which is basically white modeling chocolate) that were warmed in my hands and then slowly and lovingly flattened out and wrapped around the crispy treats.
They are so cute with the perfect charcoal eyes and mouth, and little carrot nose.
The eyes and mouth are chocolate "jimmies" or sprinkles, just pushed in longways most of the way. The carrot nose is an orange "jimmie" or sprinkle. I took the longest one I could find and just didn't push it all the way in.
Not completely sure, but think the lamp post is my favorite detail. But, love the pretzel fence and gate, too. Nope! It's the windows! They are amazing!
Thank you! This was the first successful lit-from-within house I have made, and as I said, it was the last house I made last year. I love the warm glow the windows give and it seems to lend a bit of magic to the house.
So far this year I have opted for not baking in candy windows. I do plan to do at least one that way later in the season though.
Here is my favorite feature from gingerbread house 1. The front yard was just too full for a lamp post and our friend really wanted one. So, I decided to make "flagstone" pillars with lamps on them.
Our friend that we built the second gingerbread house of the season with suggested that we make a rainbow house. I of course replied, and you can all join in, "That is a Fabulously Gay Idea!" So here is an aerial view our rainbow house with a few Christmas decorations on it.
Can you see the cup of pumpkin seeds? Yeah, that's the kind of thing I snack on while I'm finishing these houses. I eat 100% raw, vegan foods, remember?
Edit: I am not sure if the bird's nest on the chimney or awesome flower shrub are my favorite things on this house.
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that is AMAZING!!! You're so talented! Best I can do is a candy train cake but I don't really bake as I avoid sugar (my maternal family unfortunately comprises of a number diabetics).
