Aww thankyou. They are good fun, but the kids are getting a bit old for it and the adults think its childish.. bah!
There are a few tricks to making them. I have yelled for help a few times, the roof tends to collapse. Dont try putting the roof on, until the walls have set! If you do, you will be standing there for about half hour trying to hold it all together!
Its best to decorate it before you put it together. That was the first mistake I made, nothing like chocolate buds sliding off the roof!
I use licorish all sorts in the corners of the house (inside), so that I can keep it square. They work really well when you glue them to the board with royal icing.
I brought some mini skewers, they help to hold things together. If they are thin enough you wont break the biscuit, when its set, you can "glue" a smartie over it afterwards.
They are good fun to make, but they will take an entire day to do. DONOT start on christmas eve! I usually bake two days before, and pop it in the freezer so it doesnt go stale. Decorate it the day before. Then it gets destroyed the next day.
The important thing to remember, is not to put it in the fridge, because the royal icing and candy sweats.
Make sure you have someone on hand to help you, especially when attaching the roof!!
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The only poblem is that a lot of recipes dont taste that nice although they may look good. I was just hoping that someone here has a really nice kid friendly recipe for ginger bread. We were going to buy one of those kits from a shop but I dont think they will taste the best.
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