{"id":15585,"date":"2016-11-30T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=15585"},"modified":"2016-11-30T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T17:00:17","slug":"this-fancy-gingerbread-house-took-500-hours-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2016\/11\/30\/this-fancy-gingerbread-house-took-500-hours-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"This Fancy Gingerbread House Took 500 Hours to Make!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s something that’s sure to impress!<\/strong><\/p>\n

British hand-iced biscuit (cookie) company Biscuiteers was commissioned to create a 13-feet long gingerbread replica of <\/strong>Buckinghamshire’s Waddesdon Manor<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\"waddesdon\"\n

This\u00a0French Renaissance-style chateau was built in the late 1800s\u00a0by baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to showcase his opulent collections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, it’s been painstakingly recreated in gingerbread…!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"gingerbread-waddesdon\"\n

It took its creators 500 hours to make!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\"biscuiteers-billiard\"\n

This is real gingerbread, not icing-covered cardboard! Look at the detail!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"biscuiteers-dining\"\n

Over 66 lbs of butter and sugar were used!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"biscuiteers\"\n

Plus, 240 eggs and 476 lbs of icing!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\"events-buiscuiteers-red-drawing-room-2000-1875-1024x640\"\n

Watch this video to see how they made posh cookie chateau:<\/strong><\/p>\n