Gingerbread Houses

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Gingerbread houses are the architectural wonder of the baking world. Some have shred-ded-wheat roofs, gumdrop bells, and are covered with snow and icicles and have balconies, garlands, and brightly glowing candy glass. But no matter how elaborate you want your house to be, you don't have to be an expert baker (or architect) to build one.
Gingerbread ]-!ouses: Complete Guide to Jaking, Juilding and pecorating takes you through all the steps for making the most basic to the most ornate gingerbread house. The easy-to-follow instructions show beginners all the techniques, including how to assemble the walls and roof without breaking the gingerbread. But there are also plenty of ideas for the advanced baker, like how to illuminate a house, use a glue gun, and even give last year's house a face-lift.
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champion gingerbread baker shares the secrets 0/ building an enchanting house /rom the ground up—whether it's your /irst or your /i/tieth.
Gingerbread houses are the architectural wonder of the baking world. Some have shred-ded-wheat roofs, gumdrop bells, and are covered with snow and icicles and have balconies, garlands, and brightly glowing candy glass. But no matter how elaborate you want your house to be, you don't have to be an expert baker (or architect) to build one.
Gingerbread ]-!ouses: Complete Guide to Jaking, Juilding and pecorating takes you through all the steps for making the most basic to the most ornate gingerbread house. The easy-to-follow instructions show beginners all the techniques, including how to assemble the walls and roof without breaking the gingerbread. But there are also plenty of ideas for the advanced baker, like how to illuminate a house, use a glue gun, and even give last year's house a face-lift.
And for those who feel the entrepreneurial urge, there's a section on marketing, packaging, pricing, and selling gingerbread houses.
So if you've always wanted to build a gingerbread house, now is the time to dust off the rolling pin and preheat the oven. With wit and humor, Christa Currie makes building gingerbread houses fun for the entire family—even the dog.
Christa Currie made her first gingerbread house for a Good Housekeeping contest (in which she placed fifth), and has made hundreds of houses ever since. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and daughter. This is her first book. Vissza