Ingredients |
Dots® Ingredients: Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Malic Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavors, Sodium Citrate, Color Added, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1.
Dubble Bubble® Ingredients: Sugar, Dextrose, Corn Syrup (Glucose), Gum Base, Gum Arabic, Tapioca Dextrin, Titanium Dioxide, Confectioners Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Corn Starch, Artificial Flavors, Color Added, Red 40, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 3, BHT (to maintain freshness).
Tootsie Roll Midgees® Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Condensed Skim Milk, Whey, Soy Lecithin, Artificial and Natural Flavor.
Tootsie Flavor Rolls® Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Condensed Skim Milk, Whey, Malic Acid, Artificial and Natural Flavors, Soy Lecithin, Color Added, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 1.
Flower Power Ingredients: Dextrose, Citric Acid, Calcium Stearate, Tapioca Dextrin, Confectioners Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Flavors, Color added, Red 40 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 3.
Gingerbread Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Soy Vegetable Oil, Water, Modified Milk Solids, Salt, Burnt Sugar, Corn Syrup, Soy Flour, Cinnamon, Ginger, Powdered Lecithin, Baking Powder, Vegetable Gum.
Icing Ingredients: Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Salt, Agar Gum, Titanium Dioxide, Mono- and Diglycerides (Emulsifier), Sugar, Corn Syrup, Powdered Sugar, Vanilla.
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Directions |
Please read all instructions before starting. Adult supervision recommended.
Kit contents:
Gingerbread panels, candy, premixed icing, and set-up tray.
Check to make sure the kit is complete.
Gingerbread preparation:
Handle all pieces with care when unpacking, as the gingerbread can easily break.
Carefully cut plastic shrink wrap away from gingerbread.
Lay gingerbread pieces out flat in a safe location.
Assembly equipment required:
Base-cutting board, cookie sheet, cardboard or plywood, approximately 13" x 14" (33 cm x 35 cm) in size and covered in aluminum foil.
Gingerbread house assembly:
1. Cover your base with aluminum foil. Detach set-tip tray from kit by cutting along outer perimeter of rectangle with scissors or sharp blade. Place Set-up tray close to back of prepared base to allow for larger front yard area to decorate.
2. Prepare icing decorator pouch.
Icing is used to put the cottage together, to decorate the cottage and to landscape the yard.
Knead icing pouch well before using. Be careful not to squeeze hard enough to pop it open.
Cut approximately 1/8 inch (1/3 cm) off narrower corner tip of bag (fig. 1) to make a small opening.
Gently squeeze other end of pouch push to push icing toward opening.
3. Wall assembly:
Pipe icing along outer perimeter of set-up tray (fig. 2).
On blank sides of front and back cottage walls, pipe a line of icing along inside edges (fig. 3).
Using set-up tray, place bottom edge of back wall against short end of raised rectangle as shown, then place a side wall against long side of raised rectangle (fig. 4).
Repeat with front wall and other side wall. If needed, prop walls up with cans for stability.
Allow icing to dry 10-15 minutes before starting roof assembly.
Note: when assembling cottage, be sure to put both side walls inside of the front and back walls (fig. 5) side walls are embossed with windows, and roof panels are embossed with scalloped shingles.
4. Roof assembly:
Pipe a thick line of icing along top peaks of front and back walls (fig. 6).
Attach one roof piece to one side of cottage peaks. Hold in place several minutes, as icing begins to set. (Fig. 7).
Repeat with other roof section. If necessary, prop up roof with cans as shown (fig. 8).
Note: allow icing on assembled cottage to set for 15 minutes before decorating your Tootsie® gingerbread cottage. Complete drying time is 3-4 hours (overnight suggested).
5. Decorating:
Use front panel image only as a guide.
Be creative.
Plan varieties and placement of Tootsie® candies before starting to decorate.
Use a little frosting to stick decorations on house and in the yard.
Additional icing recipe:
2 egg whites.
2 1/4 cups powdered sugar.
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar using on electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Continue beating, slowly adding all of the powdered sugar. The icing works best if beaten for 5-7 minutes.
Notes: in the event that you experience any gingerbread breakage, repair with icing. For freshest taste, assembled cottage should be consumed with in two weeks.
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