Gingerbread House Construction Recipe
Yield: 1 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1: Text file,
Directions:
I made a gingerbread house this year, using the gingerbread recipe and
Royal Icing recipe I found here.
First I made templates out of corrugated cardboard. Two side walls, a
front and back wall, two roof sections, two porch roof sections, two
porch floor sections. (My gingerbread house is a two-story American
farmhouse with a corner porch.)
I prepared and rolled out the dough on baking parchment, then laid the
cardboard down and cut out the walls. After the cutouts were cut, I
removed the cardboard. I also cut out the windows to leave open
holes. Before baking, I poured melted sugar into the windows to make
"glass."
Then I baked the gingerbread sections.
After they were baked, but still warm, I put the cardboard back on
them to see if they were the same size, because cookie dough often
spreads a little when it bakes. Sure enough, the pieces needed
trimming. So I trimmed them with a sharp knife, and Lynnie and I ate
the bits we cut off.
Next, I put all the house parts on racks to cool overnight.
The next day, the cookie pieces were cooled and dry. I put the walls
together with royal icing, propped them up with mason jars so they
would stand, and left for work.
When I came home that night, the icing had set and the walls were
solid.
Next I glued the roof and porch floor in place with the icing. The
roof wanted to slide off the pitch of the walls, so I kept it in
place with a couple of straight pins (I removed the pins after the
icing hardened.) Then I left these bits to harden overnight.
The next morning, I put on the porch roof. It needed to be propped
with mason jars, too. I also put on the porch columns (candy canes)
to hold the front of the roof up. When I got back from work that
night, the house was ready to finish.
The roof came first: I buttered the roof with a nice thick layer of
royal icing and shingled it with Necco wafers. Shingled, mind you,
over- lapping the the wafers like little slate shingles, not putting
them edge-to-edge. I did that on both the main roof and the porch
roof.
Next, I piped white frosting around the windows and door, for
molding. I piped red frosting on the windows for the window panes.
Between the windows I glued little candy wreaths, then piped green
frosting between them to make holly bunting, and piped red bows to
"hold it" there. I made the foundation out of sugar cubes, and
downspouts from candy canes. And I glued various Christmas candies
all around the house for decoration. When I was all done, I made
frosting icicles hanging from the eaves.
But it really did take more than one day to put together.
Dave From: Dave Sacerdote Date: 16 Dec 96 National Cooking Echo
Source from luhu.jp
Royal Icing recipe I found here.
First I made templates out of corrugated cardboard. Two side walls, a
front and back wall, two roof sections, two porch roof sections, two
porch floor sections. (My gingerbread house is a two-story American
farmhouse with a corner porch.)
I prepared and rolled out the dough on baking parchment, then laid the
cardboard down and cut out the walls. After the cutouts were cut, I
removed the cardboard. I also cut out the windows to leave open
holes. Before baking, I poured melted sugar into the windows to make
"glass."
Then I baked the gingerbread sections.
After they were baked, but still warm, I put the cardboard back on
them to see if they were the same size, because cookie dough often
spreads a little when it bakes. Sure enough, the pieces needed
trimming. So I trimmed them with a sharp knife, and Lynnie and I ate
the bits we cut off.
Next, I put all the house parts on racks to cool overnight.
The next day, the cookie pieces were cooled and dry. I put the walls
together with royal icing, propped them up with mason jars so they
would stand, and left for work.
When I came home that night, the icing had set and the walls were
solid.
Next I glued the roof and porch floor in place with the icing. The
roof wanted to slide off the pitch of the walls, so I kept it in
place with a couple of straight pins (I removed the pins after the
icing hardened.) Then I left these bits to harden overnight.
The next morning, I put on the porch roof. It needed to be propped
with mason jars, too. I also put on the porch columns (candy canes)
to hold the front of the roof up. When I got back from work that
night, the house was ready to finish.
The roof came first: I buttered the roof with a nice thick layer of
royal icing and shingled it with Necco wafers. Shingled, mind you,
over- lapping the the wafers like little slate shingles, not putting
them edge-to-edge. I did that on both the main roof and the porch
roof.
Next, I piped white frosting around the windows and door, for
molding. I piped red frosting on the windows for the window panes.
Between the windows I glued little candy wreaths, then piped green
frosting between them to make holly bunting, and piped red bows to
"hold it" there. I made the foundation out of sugar cubes, and
downspouts from candy canes. And I glued various Christmas candies
all around the house for decoration. When I was all done, I made
frosting icicles hanging from the eaves.
But it really did take more than one day to put together.
Dave From: Dave Sacerdote Date: 16 Dec 96 National Cooking Echo
Source from luhu.jp