KITCHEN TESTED RECIPES
ROYAL ICING The following recipe is for a sweet icing that will be used like “glue” to Victorian hold the house together and to deco- rate. It dries quickly into a hard candy consistency. 3 egg whites at toom temperature ¾ teaspoon cream of tartar 1 lb. confectioner sugar-sifted Combine in mixing bowl and mix on high speed for 7 to 10 minutes. Beat Log Cabin until very stiff -- you can’t overbeat. Store covered at room temperature.
CHOCOLATE CANDY HOUSE GINGERBREAD HOUSE “All Occasion” ½ cup shortening confectionary coating chocolate 1½ pounds (24 oz) ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup dark molasses Gingerbread Place ungreased mold in refrigerator 2 tablespoons cold water one hour or more to chill. Do not 3 cups all-purpose flour grease or condition the mold. Break 1 teaspoon ground ginger coating chocolate into 1-inch pieces. House 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Place in 1-quart glass measuring cup or ½ teaspoon salt microwave safe bowl. Microwave at Cream together shortening, sugar, molasses 50% power (medium) 5 to 7 minutes, and water. Sift together flour, spices and salt. or until pieces are glossy and can be Add dry ingredients to shortening mixture stirred smooth. Stir after half the time. Decorating and mix well. Dough will be stiff. Chill at (Can also melt chocolate over low heat least 1 hour. Grease or spray mold with or in double boiler.) Pour chocolate Ideas vegetable spray. Press dough into the mold. into chilled mold and refrigerate until & Recipes Bake in pre-heated 350 degree oven for 25 hard, about 15 minutes. Carefully minutes. Let gingerbread cool in the mold remove from mold. If needed, re-melt for 10 minutes. Carefully remove each piece remaining roof, side, front, and of gingerbread to cooling rack, flat side chimney. Chill 15 minutes in mold and down. Repeat with other side, front, remove. Assemble and decorate. roof and chimney (it is not necessary to Yield: 1 house. repeat people or trees). It is better to bake NOTE: Never add water to chocolate. gingerbread a day ahead of assembling to Be careful when using a double boiler allow for stiffening. Assemble and decorate. not to get water in the chocolate. Yield: 1 house
joints on the inside of the house. the of inside the on joints
strength, run a thick ribbon of icing along all the all along icing of ribbon thick a run strength,
for a few minutes until icing hardens. For extra For hardens. icing until minutes few a for
walls together to form a 4-wall foundation. Hold foundation. 4-wall a form to together walls
side pieces. Slowly “squeeze” the “L” shaped “L” the “squeeze” Slowly pieces. side
ribbon of icing on the remaining ends of both of ends remaining the on icing of ribbon
Takea apply and walls shaped “L” two your
model. After each step, wait a few minutes for the icing to harden. to icing the for minutes few a wait step, each After model.
two times. Think of the Royal Icing as “glue”. Use it like you were “gluing” a “gluing” were you like it Use “glue”. as Icing Royal the of Think times. two
to get the correct number of pieces, you need to bake the same side of the mold the of side same the bake to need you pieces, of number correct the get to
Let gingerbread cool in the mold. Then carefully remove each piece. piece. each remove carefully Then mold. the in cool gingerbread Let
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form a square. Set aside and let dry. let and aside Set square. a form
pieces and slowly press the “V” pieces into place to place into pieces “V” the press slowly and pieces
one side. Put a ribbon of icing on the two square two the on icing of ribbon a Put side. one
pieces, two squares and two with a “V” cut out of out cut “V” a with two and squares two pieces,
first and then put it on the house.) There are four are There house.) the on it put then and first
(For simplicity, (For down upside chimney the assemble
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with the back piece and the other side. other the and piece back the with
minutes until icing “bonds”. Now do the same thing same the do Now “bonds”. icing until minutes
the front piece forming an “L”. Hold for a few a for Hold “L”. an forming piece front the
Slowly “squeeze” the side piece into the icing on icing the into piece side the “squeeze” Slowly
ribbon of icing on the edge of the the front piece. front the the of edge the on icing of ribbon
sure the decorative sides are facing out. Put a Put out. facing are sides decorative the sure
TakeBe piece. side one and piece front/back one
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November and Thanksgiving can have brown, orange and white with pilgrims and turkeys. and pilgrims with white and orange brown, have can Thanksgiving and November
theme. A Halloween house can be created for October with pumpkins and fall candy corn. candy fall and pumpkins with October for created be can house Halloween A theme.
graduation theme with school colors. For the big July 4th, red, white and blue with a picnic a with blue and white red, 4th, July big the For colors. school with theme graduation
colors. June can be used as a wedding house done in all white with a bride and groom or a or groom and bride a with white all in done house wedding a as used be can June colors.
brings with it Memorial Day and traditional red, white and blue, or again use soft spring soft use again or blue, and white red, traditional and Day Memorial it with brings
and peeps go great with soft Easter colors, or make a chocolate house. See recipe. May recipe. See house. chocolate a make or colors, Easter soft with great go peeps and
hearts and sweets. Then comes March and old St. Patrick - a green and white theme. Rabbits theme. white and green a - Patrick St. old and March comes Then sweets. and hearts
waiting on the lawn. The month of February can be decorated in red and white with lots of lots with white and red in decorated be can February of month The lawn. the on waiting
baby showers, a stork and some pink or blue icing with Mom and Dad Gingerbread People Gingerbread Dad and Mom with icing blue or pink some and stork a showers, baby
favorite color scheme, add some candles and maybe a few miniature balls or balloons. For balloons. or balls miniature few a maybe and candles some add scheme, color favorite
for any occasion. any for
pan in the cupboard from one holiday to the next. Use it! it! Use next. the to holiday one from Youcupboard the in pan theme decorating a create can
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Let everything harden for at least 20 minutes before decorating! before minutes 20 least at for harden everything Let
Use your imagination, and we are sure you will have a different theme for each for theme different a have will you sure are we and imagination, your Use
All year round it can be used for birthdays and baby showers. For birthdays, use a use birthdays, For showers. baby and birthdays for used be can it round year All
house. Let harden. Let house.
into position on the side of the of side the on position into
top to bottom and “squeeze” and bottom to top
Apply a ribbon of icing from icing of ribbon a Apply
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on roof and strengthen the seams with icing. with seams the strengthen and roof on
where the two pieces meet. Place chimney Place meet. pieces two the where
Run a thick strip of icing down the center of the roof the of center the down icing of strip thick a Run
icing creating a bond with the four foundation walls. foundation four the with bond a creating icing
contact with each side and gently “squeeze” into the into “squeeze” gently and side each with contact
eter of the house. Place roof pieces in position making position in pieces roof Place house. the of eter
Next, squeeze a ribbon of icing around the top perim- top the around icing of ribbon a squeeze Next,
knife for a tighter fit. tighter a for knife Angle one piece with a with piece one Angle