alyse’s no-bake houses
too thick. (Alyse usually doubles the recipe, and adds
paste food color to some of the icing to use on trees.)
Assemble the houses on foil-wrapped cardboard,
b e lo w c e n te r.
Have young kids use plastic knives.
3
. D EC O R A TE In addition to candies, snacks from
ioo-calorie packs make good trims. Use dinner mints
or mini marshmallows cut in half for window panes;
hard Christmas candies make cute round windows.
Landscape with ice-cream -cone trees, gumdrop
bushes, licorice-lined sidewalks, and coconut snow. iS)
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1
. PR E-A SSEM B LE SQ U A R ES Melt sugar over
medium-high heat; reduce to medium-low when it
starts to brown. Dip an edge of two graham cracker
squares into the sugar and join at a 90-degree angle,
b e lo w le ft.
A one-story house takes three assembled
squares—two for walls and one for the roof.
2
. M AKE ICIN G For “m ortar” to attach the house
pieces and candies or to “paint” the exterior, combine
4 teaspoons meringue powder and 4 tablespoons
water. Mix in 2I4 cups powdered sugar; add water if
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