The December 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to you by Anna of Very Small Anna and Y of Lemonpi. They chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ everywhere to bake and assemble a gingerbread house from scratch. They chose recipes from Good Housekeeping and from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book as the challenge recipes.Wow, what a great challenge for December! I chose Y's recipe and it was an absolute breeze to put together. I will let my photos do most of the talking for this post :)
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My house plan - found of recipelink.com Click above for all the details
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In progress
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My little helper guarding the pieces
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Welcome to my home!
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Step on down the tic tac path to be greeted by the gingerbread zombie
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Do you like what I've done with the place? These chuppa chup shrubs are all the rage!
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A little snow dusting the freckle covered roof and wonky chimney
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Thanks for stopping by!
And thanks to
Anna and
Y for a fabulous festive challenge for December! You can find the recipes and instructions on each of their blogs.
I had a lot of fun doing this and it didn't take nearly as long as I thought it might. If you haven't made a gingerbread house before I challenge you to have a go!