I grew up with my mother putting together a gingerbread house every year that we would decorate as a family. The gingerbread house would feature white snow frosting, a chocolate-orange stick fence, and green colored popcorn ball trees. One year she even made a blue candy pond. Her mother had done the same thing. I wanted to continue the tradition with my own children. So a couple of years ago I found a gingerbread house pattern on-line and copied it off. I then proceeded to make the same gingerbread recipe that had been in my family for years. But somehow … Continue reading →