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Mrs. Fields® Gingerbread Cottage Kit.

Bee®.

Quality since 1970.

Artificially flavored.

Note: product in photo may vary from product in kit.

Kit includes:

Set-up tray.

Holiday candy.

Pre-mixed icing.

Gingerbread house panels.

Mini chocolate chip cookies.

No baking required!

Ingredients

Rainbow Sprinkles Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Starch, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Lecithin, Gum Arabic, Confectioner's Glaze, Color Added, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Red 40 Lake, Red 3.

Candy Stars Ingredients: Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Magnesium Stearate, Confectioner's Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Flavors, Color Added, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1, Titanium Dioxide.

Starlight Mints Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Color Added, Red 40 Lake, Natural Peppermint Flavor.

Spice Drops Ingredients: Corn Syrup, Sugar, Cornstarch, Modified Cornstarch, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Color Added, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Red 3.

Mini Cookie Ingredients: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil, Chocolate Chips [Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel, Coconut, Palm), Cocoa (processed with Alkali), Soy Lecithin], Semisweet Chocolate Chips [Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Soy Lecithin (an emulsifier), Vanillin (an artificial flavoring)], contains 2% or less of the following: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Salt, Whey (Milk), Baking Soda, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Soy Lecithin, Monocalcium Phosphate.

Gingerbread Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Sugar, Soy Vegetable Oil, Water, Modified Milk Solids, Salt, Burnt Sugar, Corn Syrup, Soy Flour, Cinnamon, Ginger, Powdered Lecithin, Baking Powder, Vegetable Gum.

Icing ingredients: Water, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Salt, Agar Gum, Titanium Dioxide, Mono- and Diglycerides (Emulsifier), Sugar, Corn Syrup, Powdered Sugar, Vanillin.

Directions

Please read all instructions before starting. Adult supervision recommended.

Kit contents:

Gingerbread panels, candy, premixed icing, and set-up tray.

Check to make sure the kit is complete.

Gingerbread preparation:

Handle all pieces with care when unpacking, as the gingerbread can easily break.

Carefully cut plastic shrink wrap away from gingerbread.

Lay gingerbread pieces out flat in a safe location.

Assembly equipment required:

Base - cutting board, cookie sheet, cardboard or plywood, approximately 13" x 14" (33cm x 35cm) in size and covered in aluminum foil.

Gingerbread house assembly:

1. Cover your base with aluminum foil. Detach set-up tray from kit by cutting along outer perimeter of rectangle with scissors or sharp blade. Place set-up tray close to back of prepared base to allow for larger front yard area to decorate.

2. Prepare icing decorator pouch.

Icing is used to put the cottage together, to decorate the cottage and to landscape the yard.

Knead icing pouch well before using. Be careful not to squeeze hard enough to pop it open.

Cut approximately 1/8 inch (1/3 cm) off narrower corner tip of bag (Fig. 1) to make a small opening.

Gently squeeze other end of pouch to push icing toward opening.

3. Wall assembly:

Pipe icing along outer perimeter of set-up tray (Fig. 2).

On blank sides of front and back cottage walls, pipe a line of icing along inside edges (Fig. 3).

Using set-up tray, place bottom edge of back wall against short end of raised rectangle as shown, then place a side wall against long side of raised rectangle (Fig. 4).

Repeat with front wall and other side wall. If needed, prop walls up with cans for stability.

Allow icing to dry 10-15 minutes before starting roof assembly.

Note: when assembling cottage, be sure to put both side walls inside of the front and back walls (Fig. 5). Side walls are embossed with windows, and roof panels are embossed with scalloped shingles.

4. Roof assembly:

Pipe a thick line of icing along top peaks of front and back walls (Fig. 6).

Attach one roof piece to one side of cottage peaks. Hold in place several minutes, as icing begins to set (Fig. 7).

Repeat with other roof section. If necessary, prop up roof with cans as shown (Fig. 8).

Note: allow icing on assembled cottage to set for 15 minutes before decorating your Mrs. Fields® gingerbread cottage. Complete drying time is 3-4 hours (overnight suggested).

5. Decorating:

Use front panel image only as a guide.

Be creative.

Plan varieties and placement of candies before starting to decorate.

Use a little frosting to stick decorations on house and in the yard.

Warnings

Starlight mints:

Processed in a facility that also processes egg and soy.

Spice drops:

Processed in a facility that also processes egg and soy.

Mini cooks:

Contains soy, whey, and wheat. Manufactured on equipment used to process products containing tree nuts and fish.

Gingerbread:

Contains milk, soy, and wheat.

Icing:

Manufactured in a facility that also processes crustacea, fish, eggs, milk, soy, and wheat.