As I've mentioned before, we're celebrating Christmas in Seattle this year. One of the things I'm missing most about the holiday in Ohio is the time I usually spend with my brothers and sisters when everyone comes home for a few days. Cookies tend to play a key role in our Christmas preparations.
Last year, though, my sister Meg decided that she wanted to build "a gingerbread house." Plans were drawn up on my brother's laptop, templates were made, and when the design-build process was over, the end result was not, in fact, a house, but a gingerbread Space Needle, complete with cityscape backdrop.
There are rumors of a new gingerbread project for this year, but I'll have to be satisfied with looking at the photos, instead of "helping" by licking royal icing off of various kitchen utensils...
If you're thinking of adding gingerbread to your collection of holiday traditions, here are some resources for you:
Last year, though, my sister Meg decided that she wanted to build "a gingerbread house." Plans were drawn up on my brother's laptop, templates were made, and when the design-build process was over, the end result was not, in fact, a house, but a gingerbread Space Needle, complete with cityscape backdrop.
There are rumors of a new gingerbread project for this year, but I'll have to be satisfied with looking at the photos, instead of "helping" by licking royal icing off of various kitchen utensils...
If you're thinking of adding gingerbread to your collection of holiday traditions, here are some resources for you:
a reliable gingerbread recipe
a collection of house patterns
some inspirational architecture
a book for next year
if bigger is better
some inspirational architecture
a book for next year
if bigger is better
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