Gingerbread House Recipe
An easy recipe to make a gingerbread house from scratch! Build your own gingerbread house, then decorate it with fluffy icing and candy!
Ingredients
- ½ cupbutter (softened unsalted or salted)
- ½ cupdark brown sugar
- ¼ cupmolasses
- 1 tbspground cinnamon
- 1 tbspground ginger
- 1 ½ tspground cloves
- 1 tspbaking soda
- 2 cupsall-purpose flour
- 4 tbspwater
- candy canes
- gum drops
- sprinkles
- chocolates
Directions
- 1
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon, ginger, ground cloves and baking soda together until the mixture is smooth.
- 2
Blend in the flour and water to make a stiff dough.
- 3
Chill at least 30 minutes or until firm.
- 4
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- 5
Roll out the dough and use cutters to create the shapes of the gingerbread house.
- 6
There is a chart inside the cookie-cutter package that tells you exactly how many cookies to make, 19 cookies total, but I ended up only using 16 cookies.
- 7
Bake for about 10 minutes or until crispy.
- 8
Let the gingerbread house cool before assembling.
- 9
Make a batch of icing to build the gingerbread house.
- 10
Once the gingerbread is cooled, you can start to build the gingerbread house by piping frosting on the bottom and sides of the house.
- 11
When the house is fully assembled, let it dry for 10 minutes before decorating it!
- 12
To decorate, use different piping tips and a lot of candy!