Join Krista to learn to make a gingerbread house from scratch. You'll go from dough to fully decorated and assembled over the course of two evenings. Krista has been teaching the ins and outs of gingerbread house making for many years and she's so excited to offer her first class with Access and share all of her best tricks from making the dough to decorating to assembling (yes, she actually recommends decorating the house before assembling! Be sure to ask her about the year she made 250 houses in a season!).
On the first night you will roll, cut and bake the dough, and then press in any preferred designs and/or patterns. You'll learn how to mix the dough, and then you'll scour Krista's library of resources (think photos and articles on gingerbread houses) to make a plan for the second night of decorating. Participants will decide on their preferred decorations and signup to bring ingredients to the next class (yes, mostly candy, and your stash of leftover Halloween candy is a great place to start).
Night two is all about the decorating. And then you'll assemble the house to bring home and show off to friends and family!
This class is limited to 8 spots to enable a personalized experience; each spot can consist of up to two people working together to make a house. You'll leave with a complete gingerbread house, as well as recipes and all the best tips for making your own gingerbread house at home in the future.
Bring two cookie sheets on the first night. You will use these for baking and then bringing your gingerbread pieces home in between classes.
For students aged 16 and older. Younger students are welcome to join with an adult to decorate a house together.
This class will take place inside CVU.
Krista Willett is a natural teacher. She has a wide range of interests that she enthusiastically and skillfully shares with others. Krista's formal teaching experiences include: elementary education, culinary classes for adults working towards certification, cross-country skiing to visually impaired and blind adults, swimming, and training bakers. She is an Origami Enthusiast and has taught everyone from first graders to seniors at libraries, schools and at the Origami National Convention. Informally, Krista has shared her knowledge with anyone who shows the slightest interest in learning- knitting, gardening, basket making, canoeing, gingerbread houses from scratch, and raising monarch butterflies. Krista does not crochet.
Krista Willett
