How To Make A Small Gingerbread House

These houses are as fiddly as i feared they would be but they are actually very easy to make so easy that my 7 and 8 year olds could make them.

How to make a small gingerbread house. This was my first time to make a gingerbread house i followed the recipe to the dot except for not using melasses but using maple syrup even bought the brown sugar etc. Use a small sharp knife to cut around the house templates see tips below remember that each time youll need 2 x a 2 x b and 2 x c for one house. Hold a few minutes. I know it seems very small but once its assembled its actually the perfect size for an individual gingerbread house to decorate.

You need to ensure that the walls can support the roof. The ingredients arent something i have in my house every day so they were a bit pricey. Hold a few minutes more and release. When making a gingerbread house the most important step is building a strong sturdy baseand the best way to do that is with a balanced structure.

Start with a small gingerbread house structure. Lets say that its uneatable because of the baking soda its sour and when you take a bite i made a few gingerbread men extra. I have a gingerbread house pattern that you can use to make your own gingerbread houses. If your royal icing was made.

All of the recipes i could find had huge houses but miss r requested to make small houses so we could create one each which i thought was a fabulous idea so ive put together a template and instructions for some kid sized gingerbread houses. And it just didnt feel creative enough. There wasnt enough royal icing decorations were scant and because of the subpar icing it never held together properly. Remove trimmings and lift the gingerbread on its parchment onto baking trays.

Ill show you how to cut the graham crackers to get nice and smooth cuts how to make fast drying royal icing you can use to glue your. While still holding both roof sides run a thick bead of royal icing down the seam where the roofs meet at the top. Then while still holding the first roof side add the second roof side and hold a few minutes. Learn how to make gingerbread houses from graham crackers.

Re roll trimmings to cut out all the shapes you need. I wanted to make my own. One gingerbread house recipe will make three gingerbread houses. First place one roof side on the gingerbread house making sure it lines up with the gable peak.