Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Christmas 2020

Planning this today because I'm going grocery shopping later and want to get as much squared away in advance as possible.

Crudites and Pumpernickel Bread with Homemade Ranch Dressing


Gardein Turkey or Chik'n (or a new fake meat if I see anything appealing in the freezer section; if not, I'll use the last of the seven grain chik'n tenders purchased before Thanksgiving)

 

Boxed Mashed Potatoes

 

Green Bean Casserole 

 

Candied Pears 

 

Yule Log Cake

Peppermint Ice Cream

 

Gingerbread House (because Sim's school is doing a Zoom gingerbread house decorating night, and making one from scratch last year wasn't harder than dealing with a boxed one; plus this way it's good enough to eat, which is the only thing Sim wants to do with it anyway)

Gingerbread house walls.  This is the point at which I realized I didn't have enough dough for the roof and had to make a second batch of dough.  It's currently chilling in the fridge for the next three hours.  If you use the linked gingerbread recipe to make a house, make sure to double it.  I can't remember if I doubled it last year or what.



I used a new frosting recipe in the hope it wouldn't get too soft at room temperature to hold everything together like the buttercream I used last time, and I erred on the side of too little milk initially, so it was too dry and it's a bit of a mess.  The second tablespoon of milk made it much more workable, and it's been sitting like this without falling in on itself for a couple hours now.  One more hour till the Zoom decorating party.

Finished product courtesy of Simran and a bunch of candy from the grocery store.  It's the next day and it's still holding up.  The Wilton frosting recipe with half veg shortening is definitely the way to go for gingerbread house decorating.

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