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Gingerbread Cottage

Sunday, December 20th, 2009


Last year we picked up a gingerbread house kit from Costco with everything you need to make a house. The problem was the ingredients were so awful the girls were not allowed to eat it. This year we decided to do one from scratch and it was much easier than I had anticipated. I used the gingerbread recipe from Martha Stewart, recipe here, and then cut out the shapes needed to build it. Once it cooled I made Royal Icing, recipe here, and then we got to building. We cut chocolate layer mints in half for roof shingle and then I let the girls get right into it. Of course every piece of candy we had purchased was used and I am amazed that it has stood up under the weight. The girls are very excited as they have been told they can start eating some on Christmas Day. It was a really fun activity to do on a rainy afternoon.

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Yummy

Friday, September 4th, 2009

Yesterday was Annie’s first birthday, the family assembled and we were treated to Robyn’s custard filled eclairs, simple ingredients, exceptional taste. If you would like to try making them you can find the recipe at the website below, http://www.thefreshloaf.com/recipes/eclairs

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mmmm….Home Made Bread

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

I just learned how to make bread a couple weeks ago and I had no idea how easy it is! I have become a little obsessed with “what can I make next?!” I started with a whole wheat pizza crust and have gone on to make ww cinnamon raisin bread, ww cheese bread, buttermilk honey bread and most recently a sweet bread braid filled with apples, cinnamon and walnuts … yummy!

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