I ll!~~~!Lii~i il"<br > ，， ~ _~ > <~ ~ - s <0/~ ，3，<br > JuST AS with Santa himself， house ar， 48 pounds of shortening and 15<br > calls are a big part of the holidays for pounds of gumdrops in a season. Some<br > people display the same house year af-<br > farm wife Teri Harwood.<br > "Folks start phoning in orders for my ter year. But for families with children，<br > oingerbl ead houses in early autumn，" gingerbread s meant for nibbling."<br > - -~ er and ~，randmoth- A busy partner to her husband， Bill，<br > the happy nomem~ ~ "， ~ ;r"- Teri admits her wintry confections take<br > er of four from rural George， was，- ，~<br > ton grins. "By mid-November， a month- a fail" bite from her schedule. "Luckily，<br > long construction season has begun in for us， gingerbread making is a family<br > affair，" she notes.<br > my kitchen."<br > Teri s Christmas carpentry dates "My mother and daughters often I<br > back 14 years， to when she first made help with decorating， and Bill and the<br > gingerbread houses as gifts for family grandkids are my head taste-testers.<br > and friends. Soon， her all-edible edifices Friends and neighbors stop in to lend a<br > began attracting purchasers. Her holi- hand， too. They say they just follow<br > days have been full of ginger ever since， their noses straight to the kitchen! "<br > "I ve baked as many as 50 houses As for what most spice up her life，<br > in a season，" she says. "A Swiss chalet， the yummiest rewards come from oth-<br > Santa s house and a classic candy cot- ers， Teri shares: "I love to watch the<br > tage are among my favorites. I ve also faces of wide-eyed children when they<br > made a Noah s ark， barn， carousel， spot a gingerbread house."<br > manger and sleigh. No two of them are Editor s Note: If you d like a copy<br > of her gingerbread house recipe， send<br > ever exactly alike， a self-addressed stamped envelope to<br > "1 bake and cut all the pieces for sev- Rd. 4 NW， Quin- l~-<br > eral houses first， then assemble them Teri Harwoad， 17041 1<br > with mortar of white frosting. To corn- "<br > plete the scene， I add snow-white icing /<br > and colorful candy."<br > And what a sweet scene it is! "1 use<br > peppermint swirl shingles， pretzel<br > fences， red-hot cobblestones and candy<br > cane chimneys，" she lists as she trims.<br > "In addition 1 add tiny electric lights.<br > They look so festive， reflecting through<br > my lollipop windows.<br > "1 can easily go through 150 pounds<br > of flour， 100 pounds of powdered sug-<br > I<br >