This Fancy Gingerbread House Took 500 Hours to Make!

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Here’s something that’s sure to impress!

British hand-iced biscuit (cookie) company Biscuiteers was commissioned to create a 13-feet long gingerbread replica of Buckinghamshire’s Waddesdon Manor.

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This French Renaissance-style chateau was built in the late 1800s by baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to showcase his opulent collections.

Now, it’s been painstakingly recreated in gingerbread…!

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It took its creators 500 hours to make! 

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This is real gingerbread, not icing-covered cardboard! Look at the detail!

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Over 66 lbs of butter and sugar were used!

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Plus, 240 eggs and 476 lbs of icing!!!

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Watch this video to see how they made posh cookie chateau:

via Curbed, images via Biscuiteers

The gingerbread Waddesdon Manor is on display until early 2017 at the manor’s Coach House gallery.

Want to make a gingerbread creation of your own this holiday season? You might like THIS ONE.