{"id":61075,"date":"2017-11-24T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=61075"},"modified":"2018-11-14T09:44:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:44:52","slug":"gingerbread-house-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingerbread House 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X34yb_ju9Sw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>As soon as the smell of gingerbread fills the house it makes Christmas seem oh so close.  We set up our tree today, a little early I know but our 6 year old was so excited about setting it up, his enthusiasm was infectious.  As I child I remember Christmas took ages to come.  We had a real tree each year and more than once the cat tried to climb the tree resulting in the entire thing ending up on the floor with smashed glass baubles and spilled soil.  Seeing presents under the tree Christmas morning was magical.  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fn\">To make this gingerbread house you will need:<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-template-online-550x300.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house template\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" class=\"photo\" data-wp-pid=\"61088\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gingerbread House Template<\/p>\n<div align=center>\t<p class=\"product woocommerce add_to_cart_inline \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<a href=\"?add-to-cart=61098\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-product_id=\"61098\" data-product_sku=\"\" data-quantity=\"1\" class=\"button buy-it-now-button add_to_cart_button product_type_simple\"><span class='button-label'>Buy<\/span><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&#36;<\/span>5.99<\/bdi><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/paypalvisaetcforunderselz\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2x gingerbread house recipe (see below)<br \/>\n1x royal icing recipe (see below)<br \/>\nCandy for decorating (mini m&#038;m&#8217;s jubes, mollies for the garden)<br \/>\nLights and candy to put inside the house<br \/>\nchocolate, compound chocolate will work best for sticking the house together<br \/>\nFood coloring <\/p>\n<h4>Gingerbread House Recipe<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe--550x288.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread houser recipe ingredients\" width=\"550\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61085\" data-wp-pid=\"61085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe--550x288.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe--300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe--768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe--600x315-cropped.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe--400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/best-gingerbread-house-recipe-.jpg 1758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"ingredient\"><span class=\"amount\">430g (15.17 ounces) or 2 cups<\/span> <span class=\"name\">butter or margarine<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n430g (15.17 ounces) or 2 cups caster (super fine) sugar<br \/>\n250g (8.82 ounces) or 2\/3 cup glucose syrup<br \/>\n260g (9.17 ounces) or 3\/4 cup molasses<br \/>\n180 mL (6.09 fluid ounces) or 2\/3 cup milk<br \/>\n1195g (42.15 ounces) or 7 1\/2 cups plain flour<br \/>\n2 tsp bicarb soda<br \/>\n3 Tbsp cinnamon<br \/>\n2 Tbsp ground cloves<br \/>\n3 Tbsp ground ginger<\/p>\n<h4>Royal icing<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-gingerbread-house-recipe-best-550x304.jpg\" alt=\"how to make royal icing for gingerbread houses\" width=\"550\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61089\" data-wp-pid=\"61089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-gingerbread-house-recipe-best-550x304.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-gingerbread-house-recipe-best-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-gingerbread-house-recipe-best-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-gingerbread-house-recipe-best-400x221.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-gingerbread-house-recipe-best.jpg 1744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Royal Icing Recipe (with fresh egg)<\/strong><br \/>\n3 egg whites<br \/>\n450g (15.87 ounces) (15.87 ounces (449.91 grams)) or 3 1\/2 cup plus 1Tbsp icing sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp cream of tartar (or a teaspoon of lemon juice)<br \/>\nWhip all ingredients together on high speed until white and thick enough to hold its shape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Royal Icing Recipe (with powdered egg whites)<\/strong><br \/>\n1kg (2.2 pounds) or 8 cups icing sugar<br \/>\n50g (1.76 ounces) powdered egg white or 124g (4.37 ounces) pavlova magic mix<br \/>\n100mL (3.38 fluid ounces) or 1\/3 cup water<br \/>\nplus an additional 4 \u2013 10 Tablespoons of water to get the correct consistency<br \/>\nWhisk all the ingredients together until thick and white.<\/p>\n<p>Put the butter, sugar and the molasses and glucose syrup into a bowl. and mix until well combined.<br \/>\nPour in the milk followed by the dry ingredients.  If you don&#8217;t have mixer with a dough hook stir through half of dry ingredients using the mixer, add the rest and then stir using a spoon.<\/p>\n<p>All your dough out between two sheets of baking paper to make a large rectangle.  Remove the top baking paper and add your template pieces.  Cut around all the pieces and leave the extra strips around the edges in place as they stop the corners from burning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-ann-reardon-2017-550x352.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house template\" width=\"550\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61086\" data-wp-pid=\"61086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-ann-reardon-2017-550x352.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-ann-reardon-2017-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-ann-reardon-2017-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-ann-reardon-2017-400x256.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house-ann-reardon-2017.jpg 1471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bake at 180C (356 degrees Fahrenheit) for approximately 10 minutes then pull it out of the oven and redo the cuts and remove the windows.  Return it to the oven for a further 10 minutes, your gingerbread should be as dry as possible but not burnt.  It does go harder as it cools so don&#8217;t worry if it is a little soft in the centre.  If you pull it out too early and it is still soft once cooled you can always pop it back into the oven for another 5-10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Once all the pieces are cooked and cooled you can begin to assemble and decorate, see the video for detailed instructions on ideas on how to do this. <\/p>\n<p>For more gingerbread house ideas you might like&#8230;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-christmas-2016\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P2220223-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"how to make gingerbread house from scratch\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-48068\" data-wp-pid=\"48068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P2220223-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P2220223-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P2220223-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P2220223-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-recipe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0319-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house video\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-9092\" data-wp-pid=\"9092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0319-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0319-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0319-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0319-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-pattern-for-up-movie-carls-house\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gingerbread-house-plans-template-up-movie-house-how-to-cook-that-reardon-381-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread-house-plans-template-up-movie-house-how-to-cook-that-reardon-38\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7297\" data-wp-pid=\"7297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gingerbread-house-plans-template-up-movie-house-how-to-cook-that-reardon-381-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gingerbread-house-plans-template-up-movie-house-how-to-cook-that-reardon-381-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gingerbread-house-plans-template-up-movie-house-how-to-cook-that-reardon-381-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/christmas-gingerbread-house-recipe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020470-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house how to cook that\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6734\" data-wp-pid=\"6734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020470-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020470-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P1020470-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-wedding-cake\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/RB090612-485-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"amazing wedding cake gingerbread house\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2559\" data-wp-pid=\"2559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/RB090612-485-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/RB090612-485-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/RB090612-485-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/RB090612-485-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-ideas-best-of-the-web\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3385-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread house decoration using royal icing and fondant\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1022\" data-wp-pid=\"1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3385-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_3385-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><h7 class=\"updated\">Copyright \u00a9 2017 Reardon Media Pty Ltd.  All rights reserved. <\/h7><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\">How To Cook That<\/a>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/gingerbread-house-2017\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gingerbread-house-2017-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gingerbread-house-2017-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gingerbread-house-2017-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gingerbread-house-2017-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gingerbread-house-2017-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"61099\" \/><\/a><p>&nbsp; As soon as the smell of gingerbread fills the house it makes Christmas seem oh so close. We set up our tree today, a little early I know but our 6 year old was so excited about setting it up, his enthusiasm was infectious. As I child I remember Christmas took ages to come. We had a real tree each year and more than once the cat tried to climb the tree resulting in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61075"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86289,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61075\/revisions\/86289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}