Mini Gingerbread Christmas Houses
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Updated Apr 24, 2017
A sweet, snowy village of miniature gingerbread houses made from graham crackers and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal to get you in the holiday spirit!
More About This Recipe
- By using graham crackers and Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal you can easily make an entire village of sweet, festive houses. Decorating gingerbread houses was one of my favorite things to do during the holidays when I was little. It was so much fun! It was also a chore. Baking the gingerbread, making the icing and then holding it together until you thought your arms would fall off before it would set. The worst part was when the roof slid off. Then you knew you were doomed to start all over. Store-bought cookie icing and graham crackers change all that. I found that Betty Crocker’s Cookie Icing pouches are easy to pipe, and the icing sets up fast. I was able to get to the fun decorating part in a matter of minutes! (Not to mention I didn’t have any clean up or prep.) So crank up that Christmas music, and let’s get started! Use your imagination and decorate your houses with sprinkles and candy. You can also use the cookie icing to make cute little icicles on the houses! Place on a bed of coconut for a sweet winter scene. So start your own hassle-free holiday tradition and have some candy-coated fun making a village of Mini Gingerbread Christmas Houses!
Mini Gingerbread Christmas Houses
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 45 min
- Servings 3
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- Graham crackers
- 1 pouch (7 oz) of Betty Crocker™ Decorating Cookie Icing White
- 1 box ( 12.2 oz) Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ cereal
- Variety of candy and sprinkles
- Shredded coconut (optional)
Instructions
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Step1With a sharp, unserrated knife cut 2 full graham crackers so they have a point on the top like a roof peak.
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Step2Cut 1 full graham cracker in half for 2 squares.
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Step3You will need 2 pointed graham crackers and 2 square graham crackers for the base of the house.
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Step4Pipe a line of cookie icing on the edges of the graham crackers.
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Step5Attach graham crackers so they form the base of the house. Let dry for approximately 15 minutes to set.
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Step6For the roof, cut a full graham cracker in half. Attach to the top of the house with cookie icing. For the roof tiles, attach Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ cereal with cookie icing, overlapping the rows slightly. Or place the cereal on the roof in a diamond pattern with red-hot candies between the shingles for a festive look.
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Step7Decorate house with sprinkles, candy and icing!
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