Cookie Gingerbread Houses - Go Martha
Decorating By doc_farms Updated 23 Dec 2006 , 1:21am by Anjoli
My mom sent me these today and I can't get over what a great idea they are for easy, no bake gingerbread houses. I love them and thought I would share...
Construct a basic cottage, and add details such as a wafer-candy roof and icicles made of royal icing. The wreaths are gummy rings with chewing-gum ribbons cut with scissors. The landscaping includes striped-gum paths, gumdrop shrubs, and a lollipop topiary. The snow is a mix of shredded and desiccated coconut.
The owner of this winsome house has had a busy day, whizzing around on his graham-cracker-and-mini-candy-cane sled and building a peppermint-ball snowman. To make your own little guy, slice off the top and bottom of a white gumdrop, and press it onto a soft swirl candy; use a piece of red gumdrop for a hat and two nonpareils for eyes. The cottage, which is studded with cinnamon candies, has a sour-belt roof, a heart-shape candy-cane window, and a graham cracker door. Letters destined for the North Pole are hidden inside a mailbox created with a swirl candy, a piece of a candy cane, and a gumdrop; the flag is cut from a stick of gum.
House Assembly
Use royal icingpiped from a resealable plastic bag with a corner snipped offto hold houses together and "glue on" decorations. When adhering pieces, hold in place one minute to set.
1. With a serrated knife, saw a graham cracker into 2 squares. Saw off top corners of another cracker, as pictured, to create a peaked roof; make 2.
2. Pipe icing onto bottom and straight edges of a peaked piece. Place on an upside-down paper plate; use a small object, such as a spice jar, to prop it up. Repeat to pipe icing onto edges of a square piece, and adhere it to peaked cracker. Remove spice jar, and adhere other pieces with icing.
3. Saw a cracker into 2 squares for the roof. If desired, spread icing onto roof pieces and decorate with candy; let dry. Pipe icing onto top edges of house, and adhere roof pieces. To display, place plates on a tray and cover with shredded coconut snow.
these are adorable..........I've done something similar before in my barnyard cake.......I was just way too lazy to bake gingerbread LOL Oh and a great tip when doing these.......if you pop the graham cracker into the microwave for about 10 seconds they get super soft and you can cut them really easily and then in a min. or so they harden right back up......You can cut them into virtually any shape and cookie cutters work great on them while they're soft too!
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