How to Make a Pretzel Log Cabin

Log cabins were common in Abraham Lincoln's day. Here's how to build a pretzel log cabin with a healthy twist: hummus! You can serve this treat on Presidents' Day.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 cup hummus
• 2 tbsp. cream of tartar
• Pretzel rods
• 12 to 14 oval butter crackers
• 2 cups hummus without cream of tartar
• Carrot sticks, bell pepper strips, celery

Making Mortar...

1. Mix 1 cup hummus with 2 tablespoons cream of tartar. This will make "Royal" hummus, which will harden and hold the pretzels together better.

2. Lay out 4 pretzel rods in a square, using hummus mortar to hold them together. Make 2 more squares on top of the first square and let them harden.

3. Once you have made 3 sets of 3 squares each, put them on top of one another and mortar them together. Let harden.

4. Place a square edged container inside your "cabin." Fill with hummus dip.

5. Fold a piece of square cardboard in half. Using "royal" hummus, attach butter crackers to your "roof," overlapping the crackers shingle style. Let harden. Place the roof on top of the cabin. Enjoy your hummus dip cabin with mini pretzels, carrot sticks, celery or bell pepper strips.

Tips & Warnings

• Make cabin base and cabin roof separately.
• Do not use cream of tartar in your hummus dip. Use it only in your mortar.

[prism]

on 3/22/2008 This is so cool! Such a fun change of pace from gingerbread houses.