{"id":4234,"date":"2017-12-19T11:16:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/newsletters\/2017-12-19\/4234\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T11:16:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T19:16:43","slug":"surnetkids-gingerbread-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/newsletters\/2017-12-19\/4234\/","title":{"rendered":"[Surnetkids] Gingerbread Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dear Reader,<\/p>\n

A very, very Merry Christmas<\/a> to all who celebrate! <\/p>\n

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\nGingerbread Houses<\/b>
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Gingerbread Houses Printable(** for Premium Members only)
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Gingerbread is a baked treat that dates back to the Middle Ages. It is thought to have first appeared in the U.S. in the nineteenth century, when the Swiss monks of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana baked gingerbread on holidays, and gave it to the sick. Over the years, baking gingerbread cookies and building gingerbread houses developed into a popular American Christmas tradition.<\/p>\n

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AllRecipes: How to Make a Christmas Gingerbread House
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\nExcellent step-by-step instructions, along with a house template, dough and icing recipes, and decorating tips. “House doesn’t look picture-perfect? Don’t worry; you’ll be able to fill gaps and cover errors later with more icing and decorations. A fool-proof assembly method, if you’re not going to eat the gingerbread, is to use a glue gun. And remember, perfection is overrated.”<\/p>\n

King Arthur Flour: Building a Gingerbread House
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\nThis fourteen-page PDF from King Arthur Flour offers the most detailed gingerbread house building instructions I found online. It includes a printable pattern, oodles of photos, and tips you won’t find anywhere else. For example, to create multi-colored stained glass panels, try melting hard candies in the oven. Or to create the look of window panes, paint diagonal muntins on gelatin sheets. And to help your gingerbread people keep their balance, attach mini-marshmallow kick-stands to their backs.<\/p>\n

New York Times: Cooking: How to Make a Gingerbread House
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\nThis guide includes several videos, a recipe, and tips on assembling and decorating your house. “Many a gingerbread-house builder has watched in frustration as one side falls down while another is being put up. But with the aid of some savvily placed props and some sturdy royal icing, you can quickly move on to the last \u2013 and best \u2013 part: adding the finishing touches.”<\/p>\n

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Gingerbread Houses Printable
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