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Posted by Penny Trains on Thursday, February 3, 2011 7:22 PM

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Penny Trains:

Oooh, I like that answer!    How did it taste? 

Becky

In truth, like cardboard.  To get gingerbread strong enough to build with you have to use a ton of flour.

I'll dig out my mom's recipe for ya, she used to make great gingerbread houses!    You rolled out the dough very thick, like a quarter of an inch so when it expanded you ended up with very strong pieces.  Assembly was done with carmelized sugar heated in an electric frying pan.  The molten sugar made for an extremely strong glue.  The "glue" didn't taste very good though!  But the gingerbread was the best!

Becky

Trains, trains, wonderful trains.  The more you get, the more you toot!