There are two types of people that reveal themselves at
Christmas: those who are painfully organised, have their presents bought in
August and have all of their Christmas baking finished before Christmas eve and
those who have ribbons and bows attached to their clothes, burnt cookies in the
oven and friends and family unexpectedly knocking on the door.
I usually fall in the latter category!
I must admit...it’s Christmas Eve Eve and I am still yet to
finish one of my parents’ presents, wrap ALL of the presents I’ve bought, make
truffles for my Grandad, bake two different batches of cookies, make ice-cream
for dessert Christmas Day, make the starter for Christmas Day, BUY and write Christmas
cards to my family, and I have to complete all of this on Christmas Eve when I
will be working from 7am. Can anyone spot a problem?
Despite all of this, I did manage to do something pretty
damn impressive at the beginning of the week. I made my first ever gingerbread
house.
It was so much easier than I first thought, though I’m not
going to lie to you, it is time consuming.
So, if you are one of these super women who was planning on
pouring herself a snowball and watching it’s a wonderful life tomorrow, I
challenge you to instead bake yourself the ultimate of Christmas table centre
pieces – the ginger bread house!
The basic premise is that you make a ginger flavoured dough,
roll it out, cut out the various shapes, and stick together with royal icing
before decorating with all sorts of yummy sweets and chocolates.
Easy peasy right?
Well hopefully, by following this recipe you will find making your gingerbread house just as easy as I did.
Well hopefully, by following this recipe you will find making your gingerbread house just as easy as I did.
