She would bake a sheet of gingerbread, then pull out stencils she had made from file folders to carefully cut the walls and roof of the houses. But these were the homesteading equivalent of candy ...

Continue until the entire roof is covered ... But be careful not to leave a burning candle unattended in the gingerbread house. Sprinkle with icing sugar for a snow effect, and there you are ...

(Remember to remove the sharp cocktail sticks from your gingerbread house before eating it, to avoid a choking hazard.) Pipe icing between the cocktail sticks and fix the two roof panels onto the ...