Gingerbread House Contest

This past weekend my family got together for our annual gingerbread house making competition. We break off into teams a few weeks before to strategize and come up with a design. Each team has a gingerbread house kit that we can use in anyway we choose and the entire structure and all adornments must be edible. This year each team had to use the same exact materials, previous years we could each bring stuff we wanted to use. Of course this wouldn’t be a holiday party without some food. I made two hor d’oeuvres and a simple dessert. The idea behind all the food we have this night is that it’s all food you can just go and eat while working, like pizza & small sandwiches.

The dessert i made was just a simple dipped in chocolate pretzel with sprinkles. Super easy and looks great (I mean if I do say so myself).

I made a Feta Spread that I have made before.

I also made pigs in a blanket, sorta…I forgot the croissant rolls when I went grocery shopping, but did have filo dough in the refrigerator. I wrapped the filo dough around the mni-hot dogs and brushed a little butter on them and cooked them in the oven for a few minutes until the edges of the dough were golden. The dipping sauce was also very easy.

Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce