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The Grand Floridian Gingerbread House Recipe

Cook Time: 400 hours

Decorating Time: 160 Hours

Total Time: 560 hours = about 3 weeks

Total Height: 14 feet

Serves: joy & happiness to thousands 

21 years of awesomeness
5/5

Ingredients

  • 60 sheets of plywood & nails (for frame)
  • 800 lbs flour
  • 700 lbs chocolate
  • 600 lbs powdered sugar
  • 1,050 lbs honey
  • 140 pints egg whites
  • 35 lbs spices
  • 1 ton of creativity
  • 12 Hidden Mickeys
  • various characters
  • Disney Magic
  • a sprinkle of Pixie Dust

Instructions

  1. Use plywood and nails to create frame
  2. Get a bunch of people to help mix the flour, chocolate, powered sugar, honey, egg whites, and spices 
  3. Spend 400 hours baking and creating over 5,000 gingerbread shingles
  4. Use frosting to stick shingles to plywood
  5. Decorate (step 4 and 5 take about 160 hours) 
Watch the Time Lapse video below from the 2018 creation.