By Nicole Bayne
The total number of pounds of powdered sugar used as “snow” for the Gingerbread Village on display at Reston Regency Hyatt, starting today. This number does not include sugar in the peppermints, gumdrops, candy canes and crushed Oreos also used as decoration.
In addition, Reston Regency Hyatt estimates this year they are using:
-4 cases of egg whites
-6 quarts of honey
-6 quarts of molasses
-2 cases of brown sugar
-72 ounces of baking soda
-27 ounces of ginger
-18 ounces of allspice
-18 ounces of cinnamon
-8 pounds of shortening
-6 six pounds of eggs
-50 pounds of bread flour
-30 pounds of cake flour
-1 case of each of the following: strawberry licorice, gummy worms, cherry sours, flavor rods, green gems, red gems, white gems, jelly belly Sunkist, wrapped fruit gems, spice jelly drops, starlight mints peppermint and starlight mints spearmint. / 1763 Fountain Drive, Reston
(December 2014)
