{"id":543,"date":"2009-03-28T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2009-04-02T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T19:37:51","slug":"gingerbread-decorating-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread Decorating Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TIPS FOR DECORATING YOUR GINGERBREAD HOUSES , COOKIES AND CREATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Decorate sides and let them dry before assembling.<br \/>\nIf the Gingerbread components for your house are uneven, you can smooth off the edges using a fine grater<br \/>\nor trim according to your pattern while very hot. Use edible glue or freshly made Royal Icing for joining the components. Then simply dip the edges of the components into the thin consistency of royal icing and press them together.<\/p>\n<p>Fa\u00e7ade decoration: Brush the outer surface with dissolved sugar and stud with sweets. Decorate with cake icing piped decoration using icing sugar. Leave to stand for awhile; add more icing sugar if necessary. Stir until the mixture is smooth and thick. If you want to add color to your icing, add a few drops and stir well to thoroughly mix. For \u201csnow\u201d sprinkle edible glitter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sugarcraft.com\/cgi-bin\/perlfect\/search\/search.pl?q=gingerbread&amp;showurl=%2Fcatalog%2Fnew%2Fhouse.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-8750265545647114\";\n\/* General inline 468x60, created 3\/15\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"9770387012\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIPS FOR DECORATING YOUR GINGERBREAD HOUSES , COOKIES AND CREATIONS Decorate sides and let them dry before assembling. If the Gingerbread components for your house are uneven, you can smooth off the edges using a fine grater or trim according to your pattern while very hot. Use edible glue or freshly made Royal Icing for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/?p=543\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gingerbread Decorating Tips&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[392,16,1409],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decorating","tag-gingebread-cookies","tag-gingerbread","tag-gingerbread-houses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gingerbreadfun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}