Halloween Gingerbread House
There weren't any events happening for Halloween this year due to COVID-19. With little else to do Lumiri suggested we try our hands at a gingerbread house. Since this was my first ever attempt at a gingerbread house I scaled down our original idea to create something with crazy engineering and went with a simple box design instead. For the biscuits we used a combination of traditional gingerbread and speculoos, a delicious Belgian biscuit full of warm spices. Both recipes came from the "Christmas with Kim-Joy" cookbook that Lumiri got me for Christmas but couldn't resist giving to me early :) A few tips if you decide to attempt your own: Trim your biscuit pieces after baking (while still warm) to ensure the pieces are very square. The biscuits will spread in the oven, so trimming will always help you get a tighter fit on your joints. Be patient letting the icing set in the joints. If you've never used the "flood" technique for icing, do a test or t...