{"id":1893,"date":"2014-12-24T17:36:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T17:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whynotboth.com\/design\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2015-02-09T18:10:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T18:10:46","slug":"the-gates-of-jurassic-park-cookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whynotboth.com\/design\/?p=1893","title":{"rendered":"The Gates of Jurassic Park (cookie)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designed for the 2014 Family Christmas Eve Cookie Contest<\/h4>\n

For as long as I can remember my mother has hosted a family Christmas Eve party, and for the second year in a row, this party has included a cookie contest. Last year I won with a sheet cookie in the form of a map of Middle Earth (I’ll make a post for this too). As the defending champion, I wanted to take it to the next level, something less 2-dimmensional. I also wanted to stick with the movie theme. So, I made the best damn Gates of Jurassic Park cookie you’ve ever seen!<\/p>\n

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The Details<\/h3>\n

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Okay, so it’s not perfect, but it’s still be the best Gates of Jurassic Park cookie I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

Not much to say about this I suppose, especially since I didn’t take pictures as I constructed it. I spent 4-6 hours on it the night before, starting with a paper template I made in Illustrator after determining the appropriate size. I cut all the gingerbread pieces (there were more than I expected), and baked 4 cookie sheets worth of cookies. The first batch had less flour and cracked (as seen in the left part of the structure). After that, it was just a matter of “gluing” it all together with frosting, which anybody whose ever tried making a gingerbread house knows is a tedious, difficult, and often painful process. It’s easy to lose track of time when you’re holding part of the structure up until the frosting hardens. Hence the 4-6 hours. Anyway, the final product turned out pretty good, at least to look at, but unfortunately not very eatable (or edible for that matter). I am especially proud of the finishing touch of fire.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I won first place again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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