![]() These printable gingerbread house templates are free for personal use. And look at least as good as the original templates I cut out of a paper grocery sack many years ago. I am definitely not gifted at using Adobe Illustrator, but though not elegant, these gingerbread house templates will get the job done for you. To make things even easier for you, this year I've prepared printable templates that you can download and use to make your own A-frame gingerbread houses. And it has a quaint, Germanic charm that's perfect for gingerbread houses. It's easy and fast to construct-much more so than a traditional 4-walls-and-a-roof style house. Especially if you're making a bunch of houses. I'm a big advocate for the A-frame style gingerbread house. The 8" size is perfect for the small A-frame gingerbread houses. I used to cut my own cardboard bases and cover them with freezer paper, but a few years ago, I realized that it would be WAY easier to use cardboard cake rounds. It dries hard (but not inedible-it's still delicious!), so it actually holds a gingerbread house together, unlike store bought frostings or buttercream icings. ![]() Royal icing is the ONLY kind of icing to use for constructing gingerbread houses. Let cool and construct the gingerbread house.Īssemble the gingerbread house using royal icing (edible gingerbread house glue). The right gingerbread techniques make the project SO much easier.īake at 375 for 10-12 minutes. You will kick yourself if you don't use the techniques we've developed over decades of experience and thousands of gingerbread houses. It's essential reading for anyone attempting to make a gingerbread house this year! Seriously. I'm writing the basic recipe and instructions for making gingerbread houses in this post, but've compiled all my best tips, tricks, and techniques in Gingerbread for Beginners. If you liked that gingerbread house making tip, please check out my my new gingerbread e-book, Gingerbread for Beginners. The cookie dough cut into gingerbread house shapes doesn't get moved off its base until it's baked and rigid! That, my friends, is how it's done. Have you ever rolled out your cookie dough on the countertop, then used a spatula to lift the cookies to your cookie sheet, only to have the shape of the cookie get deformed as you tried to transfer the dough? If so, you might look at the LARGE cookie dough shapes for gingerbread houses and wonder how it's even possible to make precise shapes necessary for gingerbread house construction! But here's a tip that will change your gingerbread-making (and any cookie-making) life: you don't roll out the dough on the counter and then move the pieces you roll out the dough directly on the pan or on parchment paper, then lift away the excess. There are gingerbread house templates at the bottom of the page, or you can use your own design. Roll the dough to an even 1/8" thickness and cut out the shapes for your gingerbread house. It's easiest to work with in the few hours after you make your dough. Gingerbread dough is a stiff dough, and when it's cold, it's pretty much impossible to roll out. Not with this recipe! You can make the dough one day and keep it wrapped in cling wrap in the fridge overnight, but let it come back to room temperature before rolling it out. If the dough is starting to crumble and not hold together, no more flour!ĭo you have to chill gingerbread house dough? This is a stiff dough, but even so, you might not need quite all six cups if you're in a very dry climate. Add the molasses, salt, soda, ginger, and cinnamon. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until fluffy after each addition. In a heavy duty stand mixer (I couldn't live without my Kitchenaid Mixers-yes, I have more than one!) , combine shortening and sugars. (You can find a printable, one page version of this recipe, or a version by weight instead of volume, at the end of the post.) I love gingerbread time! And since I make north of 100 gingerbread houses each year, I need to start early. I know it's not quite yet Thanksgiving, but I have GINGERBREAD HOUSES on the brain already! And I even have free gingerbread house template printables for you, too. It's rigid enough for construction, but still absolutely delicious and tender enough for eating. We've made thousands of gingerbread houses over the years, and I even competed on the Food Network's Holiday Gingerbread Showdown. This is the BEST gingerbread house recipe around.
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