About our Gingerbread Dough Our simple recipe for the best gingerbread dough is quick and easy - what's better is the dough can be made ahead of time and placed in the freezer until you are ready to make some gingerbread men, or if you feel ambitious, a gingerbread house! To get starte...
Make the gingerbread house dough. Read all my tips and tricks for the dough below. Chill the dough. Let it chill for a half hour in the refrigerator. Get your template ready. Print out the gingerbread house template and cut it out. Take note that some of the pieces need to be used ...
Stack the rolled-out sheets of dough on a baking sheet and place in the freezer for at least 3 hours. If you are making the gingerbread house over several days as mentioned in the schedule above, leave it in the freezer overnight until the next day. Working with frozen sheets of dough ...
Molasses-Gingerbread Cookie Dough All-purpose flour, for dusting Caramel Syrup for Gingerbread House Royal Icing Confectioners' sugar, for dusting Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll out gingerbread dough to about 1/8 inch thick. Chill until firm, about 1...
Gingerbread House: In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and baking soda together until the mixture is smooth. Blend in the flour and water to make a stiff dough. Chill at least 30 minutes or until firm. ...
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making a gingerbread house. I use the same dough for gingerbread houses and cookies.
) project for the holidays. Not every gingerbread dough recipe will work, though. To avoid gingerbread house disasters like breakage and collapses, you need a strong dough like this one. While you can eat it if you like—and it smells amazing while baking—this gingerbread house dough recipe...
Use a lightly floured rolling pin to roll the dough to 1⁄4 inch thickness. Use a cookie cutter to cut out gingerbread men shapes or use a template and cut out the walls and roof for a gingerbread house. Using a stiff spatula, remove the cookies from the rolling surface and place th...
stencil for gingerbread house baking sheet oven cooling rack parchment paper knife rolling pin Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Flour work surface and roll dough out until approx. 1/2 finger thick. Using stencils (you will find them in the last step), cut out shapes needed for a gingerbrea...
Let cool for 15 minutes and then place into the fridge to completely chill before icing. Okay, now that our dough has been made into gingerbread house pieces, it’s time to assemble the house! I recommend using Isomalt, which is vegan (and linked in the recipe card!), or a homemade...