Old Fashioned Gingerbread House Recipe

I suggest making the entire recipe so you have plenty for constructing and decorating.

Old fashioned gingerbread house recipe. Step 3 bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean 20 to 25 minutes. With an electric mixer cream together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Here s an old fashioned candy glass recipe to make clear glass like windows for your gingerbread house.

Sift together flour baking soda baking powder salt and spices. In a large mixing bowl cream the butter brown sugar molasses cinnamon ginger cloves and baking soda together until the mixture is smooth. Whisk together flour ginger cinnamon nutmeg allspice cloves and black pepper in a small bowl.

Add to brown sugar mixture and whisk until smooth. Place pattern cut out of cardboard on hot gingerbread and cut immediately. Melt one cup white sugar in a pot over low heat until it s completely melted.

Remove edge pieces then remove house pieces to cool on a wire rack or paper towel. Gingerbread house is about 7 inches tall with chimney and 6 inches wide. If not very hard return to cookie sheet and bake an additional 10 minutes or more.

One gingerbread house plus 6 8 3 inch cookies. Continue heating until the candied sugar is at the hard crack stage then pour it onto a lightly buttered pan. Decide how much royal icing you want to use.

You can make the royal icing the day before cover and store at. Pour into a generously greased with butter or cooking spray and floured 9 inch square pan.