Gingerbread house recipe
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Bianka Garcia saved to Yummy Treats
17 · 45 minutes · Sure you could just buy a kit from the store, but it's much more fun and fragrant to make on yourself using this Gingerbread House recipe with royal icing to hold your construction together. It's one of our favorite Christmas traditions!
12 ingredients
Produce
- • 1 tbsp Ginger, ground
Refrigerated
- • 6 Egg whites
Condiments
- • 1 cup Molasses
Baking & Spices
- • 6 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1 cup Brown sugar
- • 2 tbsp Cinnamon, ground
- • 1/2 tsp Cloves, ground
- • 1 tsp Cream of tartar
- • 2 lbs Powdered sugar
- • 1 tsp Salt
Dairy
- • 1/2 cup Butter, salted
Liquids
- • 1/2 cup Water

krissy saved to My Christmas 2022
A completely homemade gingerbread house recipe including how to bake, construct, and decorate with royal icing and buttercream. There are no rules when it comes to decorating gingerbread houses. The ONLY rule is to have fun!
162 · The best construction gingerbread house recipe. Super strong, great for cutting out intricate templates and does not spread when baking. This recipe is enough to make three gingerbread houses using the gingerbread house template included
15 ingredients
Produce
- • 1/4 tsp Ginger
Refrigerated
- • 1 Egg, Large
- • 2 oz Pasteurized egg whites
Condiments
- • 16 oz Molasses
Baking & Spices
- • 28 oz Ap flour
- • 3/4 tsp Cinnamon
- • 1/4 tsp Cloves
- • 1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
- • 6 oz Granulated sugar
- • 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
- • 16 oz Powdered sugar
- • 3/4 tsp Salt
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- • 7 oz Vegetable shortening
Other
- • 5 Crushed jolly ranchers or isomalt (for the windows)

Brigi Starr saved to Gingerbread House
This is the ultimate, classic, delicious gingerbread house recipe that actually WORKS, including all the tips and tricks you need to make baking your first gingerbread house a complete success. Free printables for A Frame gingerbread houses as well.
I’m sharing with you how to make a Gingerbread House from scratch, from the gingerbread house recipe, a free printable gingerbread house template and finally how to decorate. This is a fun recipe leading up to Christmas which you can eat at the end or use as Christmas Decoration.
TrueBestBook saved to Gingerbread house
3 · 18 minutes · Makes about 24 medium size cookies. Popular for holidays and year-round. Makes 1 standard-size gingerbread house, ( about 6-inch tall, 5-inch long, 5.5-inch wide)This recipe can also be used to make delicious edible gingerbread houses. Check notes.
14 ingredients
Produce
- • 1/4 tsp Ginger
- • 2 tsp Lemon
Refrigerated
- • 1 Egg
- • 2 Eggs, whole
Condiments
- • 3 tbsp Honey
Baking & Spices
- • 2 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1 tsp Baking soda
- • 1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
- • 1/4 tsp Cloves
- • 1 1/3 g Powdered sugar
- • 1 pinch Salt
- • 1/2 tsp Star anise, ground
- • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Dairy
- • 5 tbsp Butter

Haniela's saved to Gingerbread Cookie Decorating
For the past 15 years or so, our family has been making gingerbread houses every Christmas. It is one of our favorite family traditions and leaves our house smelling amazing for weeks afterward.
2 · 25 minutes · This is a construction cookie dough for houses and centerpieces. This dough is edible but I don't recommend it for making cookies for eating. Cooled cookies are hard and spicy.Make 3 medium size gingerbread houses.
9 ingredients
Produce
- • 2 tbsp Ginger, ground
Refrigerated
- • 2 Eggs
Condiments
- • 1 cup Margarine
- • 1 cup Molasses
Baking & Spices
- • 930 g 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- • 2 tbsp Cinnamon
- • 2 tsp Cloves
- • 1 tbsp Cocoa powder, dark
- • 1 cup Granulated sugar
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