One of our family Thanksgiving traditions is making Gingerbread Houses. This year we continued our tradition with mini Gingerbread Houses and Waffle Cone Christmas Trees. I also tried something new this year, I made a Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board with foods that my family enjoys.
Mini Gingerbread Houses
Ingredients:
- Mini Gingerbread House Kit
- Royal Icing
- Christmas Candies
Directions:
- We each chose our houses and gently broke apart the pieces… one of the houses broke in the mail. But we were happy with the rest of our houses.
- We helped each other hold the pieces together as we used the icing to “glue” them into place.
- Then we decorated our houses with the candies using the icing as the “glue”.
Waffle Cone Christmas Trees
Ingredients:
- Waffle Cones
- Royal Icing
- Green Food Coloring
- Tiny Christmas Candies
Directions:
- We dyed some of the icing green and covered our waffle cones with it.
- Then we used the candies to decorate our Christmas trees.
Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board
Ingredients:
- Wooden Board
- Small bowls or containers
- Small spoons, knives, tongs, etc…
- various Meats and Cheeses
- various Crackers and Breads
- fresh and dried Fruit and Berries
- Candy Pumpkins or Candy Corn
- Sage or Thyme
Directions:
- Place your bowls on your board. We put olives, craisins, frosted cranberries, and roasted pumpkin seeds in our bowls.
- Place your cheese. We used a sphere of Gouda cheese and a bacon ranch cheese ball.
- Place your meats around the cheese. We like pepperoni and hard salami.
- Place your crackers and breads. We used 3 different types of crackers, blue corn chips, and a sliced baguette.
- Place some herbs around the edges of the board.
- Place your fruit and berries. We used grapes, blackberries, strawberries, and clementines.
- Last we placed our candy pumpkins and added the utensils.
