Spooktacular Haunted House
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This is the perfect Halloween activity to work on with the kids. When
done, put it on display at your Halloween parties or for your
trick-or-treaters to admire. Estimated TimesPreparation Time60
mins.Cooking Time15 mins.Cooling Time30 mins.
House Template 1
House Template 2
16 x 20-inch piece of cardboard for base, covered in colored plastic
wrap
2pkgs. (16.5 oz. each) NESTLî TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Mini
Sugar Cookie Bar Dough
Royal icing (recipe follows)
Wooden picks
1container black paste food coloring (available at local party supply
stores) or gel food coloring
4heavy-duty plastic storage bags for piping
WONKA LAFFY TAFFY
WONKA Gumballs
WONKA RUNTS
Spooky WONKA NERDS
SweeTARTS Gummy Bugs
Various sized paintbrushes for decorating
NESTLÃ BUTTERFINGER Fun Size Candy Bars or NESTLÃ
BUTTERFINGER Crisp Bars, crushed
NESTLÃ CRUNCH Fun Size Candy Bars
NESTLî TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Mini Sugar Cookie Bar Dough
DOWNLOAD and print haunted house templates. Cut each pattern piece out.
Each pattern is labeled as to the amount of each you will need (2 ends
of the house, 2 sides, 2 roof pieces, etc.).
ROLL out cookie dough on floured surface with rolling pin. If it is a
warm day, you may wish to freeze dough for about 15 minutes before
beginning to work with it. Roll to approximately 1/4-inch thickness.
Place each pattern piece on the dough and cut out with a knife around
the pattern. Transfer pieces to baking sheet(s) with a large spatula.
Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Smaller pieces
will bake faster than larger pieces. Remove from oven; cool completely
on wire rack(s).
PREPARE royal icing.
PLACE half the icing in medium bowl. Place remaining icing in airtight
container to keep it from drying out. Use wooden pick to transfer black
paste food coloring into icing; stir to mix well. Continue to add enough
food coloring until you get a nice rich black color. With a spatula
spread a thin layer of black icing over all pieces of the house and
allow to dry for about 30 minutes or until hard. Place remaining black
icing into heavy-duty plastic storage bag; cut tiny corner from bag.
PLACE some remaining white icing into heavy-duty plastic storage bag;
cut tiny corner from bag. Pipe windows with white icing on each of the
sides and ends of the house (see template for placement suggestions).
Have fun creating wacky-shaped windows. Allow these to dry. Once dry,
roll out some Laffy Taffy with a rolling pin and cut into shutter
shapes. Have fun with the shapes, they do not need to be perfectly
rectangular. Make sure that you have enough pieces for each window to
have two shutters. Use white icing as glue. Pipe icing next to each
window, one shutter at a time and place a piece of Laffy Taffy on top to
glue down. Or use the Laffy Taffy for the windows; pipe black icing over
the Laffy Taffy to create windowpanes.
REFILL storage bags as necessary with white or black icing. Pipe a row
of black icing down the end of each of the short side pieces of the
house. Place next to the end pieces to begin to form the house. Assemble
all four sides of the house on prepared cardboard base and allow to dry.
SECURE house to the cardboard base with icing to keep from sliding by
piping icing around the exterior of the house at the base. Allow to dry.
Once dried, assemble the roof. Pipe icing down the sides of roof pieces
and the top of the short sides of the base. Place these over the base.
Use a line of piping at the top of the roof to hold together. Place a
glass on the inside of the house (it will not show) and on each side of
the house to rest the roof pieces onto while they dry.
ASSEMBLE the small gable window in the same way that the roof was just
assembled. Pipe icing around the base and place on roof.
ATTACH candies to house using white icing as glue. Use Gumballs for
large pumpkins, Runts to make colorful windows, Spooky Nerds for walkway
and Gummy Bugs to place in the yard and in webs. Place some icing in a
cup and add a little water to make a paint-like consistency; use
paintbrushes to paint spiderwebs, shingles and siding on the house.
Sprinkle crushed Butterfinger around house to create dirt. Paint white
icing on Crunch bars to create tombstones. Pipe scary words like "BOO"
or "RIP" on tombstones. Use icing to glue tombstones to board. Have fun
and make it as spooky as you want.
FOR ROYAL ICING:
COMBINE 8 cups (2 lb. bag) sifted powdered sugar, 3/4 cup warm water and
6 tablespoons meringue powder (available at cook*s stores) in large
mixer bowl; beat for 5 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
Yields 1 haunted house
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