Christmas Recipes Series: A Simple Christmas Gingerbread House: Making it and Putting it Together

From now until Christmas, The Cackleberries Team will be offering brand new Christmas Recipes.  . 

HOW TO MAKE AN EASY CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Ingredients

Dough

• 6 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 2 sticks of unsalted butter
• 1 cup of dark brown sugar
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups of molasses

Icing

• 3 egg whites (whipped until frothy)
• 5 cups of powdered sugar (slowly add to egg whites)

Directions

1. Put all ingredients into a mixer and blend together thoroughly
2. After mixing, place ingredients in the fridge for 1 hour
3. Find a template of a house to use (try finding one online and printing it off the internet)
4. Roll out dough onto a floured surface to about 1/4th to 1/8th of inch thick
5. Place the template on top of the rolled out dough and cut the dough to shape
6. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
7. Once the dough is cut to shape, transfer it to a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees
8. Make Icing (whip 3 egg whites until frothy, then slowly add 5 cups of powdered sugar)
9. Transfer baked dough to a cooling rack and allow to cool thoroughly

**This recipe comes courtesy of India Gaylean and her YouTube video of how to make a Christmas Gingerbread House

How to Put your Gingerbread House Together

Watch this video to see how to make your very own Gingerbread House!  The first half features the process of how to make the materials needed (featured above).  The second half shows you how to put it all together!

Hope you enjoyed this Christmas recipes feature and that your gingerbread house was a success!

The Cackleberries Team