I hope you read through part 1 and it didn’t exhaust you.
We started building the base with the Cheerios Marshmallow Treats and some granola bars.
We used this gingerbread recipe for the structural walls. Our gingerbread looks very dark because we used black strap molasses.
While the gingerbread cooled, I made a batch of this royal icing recipe. We started the station building…
I decided to cover the floor with royal icing because I didn’t like the seems.
We realized it wasn’t high enough so we added another base, then started working on the front staircases.
By this time, it was late, and we decided to go to bed. The next day, we worked on the roof, the bottom stairs, and the final decorations (which is part 3).
Finish reading about Gingerbread Station in Part 3.
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i wanted to tip my hat to you. this is bringing back memories of about 1985 when my dad decided it would be a great idea to get us to build a gingerbread house together. i think it took like 3 weekends to complete! it’s hard work but worth it in the end so you can show it off.
Wow – I like that made it personal. You did a great job. A lot of planning. I hope you get to show your gingerbread station to everyone and then eat it (that might be challenging after all the time you invested into it)
oh my goodness – that is SO cool! are you two engineers or architects? i would’ve ended up globbing frosting onto the ground and stick gingerbread pieces into it and try to shape it into a house. haha. 🙂
Just amazing–this looks fabulous!
This may be a stupid question from a gingerbread house novice, but do you plan on eating the final product? =)
We are never full, awesome! Do you have any pictures of it?
Manger la ville and Sheng, we don’t plan on eating it, but that’s because we don’t like gingerbread. Someone else can eat it…
Pearl, my dad is a civil engineer so next year maybe he’ll help make something even more complicated.
Thanks Asianmommy!
This is bringing back memories of Mr Grande and 4th grade