Gingerbread House

Gingerbread house recipe that you can make a holiday tradition. I started using this recipe 1998 and it has been a family annual event since, for us the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year I am blessed to have my first granddaughter, 17 months old, joining us!!!! Let the sugar rush begin.

Category: Other

Cuisine: not set

Ready in 45 minutes
by ANEWFOUNDBNB

Ingredients

1/2 pound Margarine

1 cup brown sugar packed

1 1/4 cup molasses

3 eggs

8-9 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ginger

powder sugar

egg whites from refrigerator section at local grocery

quart size ziplock bags

holiday candy for decorating gingerbread house


Directions

Cream margarine and sugar until smooth. Add molasses and eggs. Beat until smooth. Add baking soda, salt and spices. Gradually beat into the sugar mixture the flour, beating until just mixed. Put in enough so the dough will be heavy and stiff. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Put parchment paper on your baking sheets. Roll out dough on a floured surface about 1/8-inch thickness, DO NOT MAKE THICKER. Place the pattern piece on the rolled dough and cut neatly around edges with a sharp knife. Carefully remove scraps and press into a ball: reserve scraps and continue rolling and cutting until all 6 pieces are done. Bake for 15 minutes, NO Longer Bake pieces 10-15 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. Carefully remove baked pieces from sheet and placed on cooling rack. Let the pieces dry out. When ready to assemble in mixer add powder sugar together with egg whites, add just enough egg whites that the frosting is stiff. Fill a ziplock bag squeeze down to a corner and twist. Cut corner and squeeze so the frosting pipes on the side edges and bottom of the two sides and two ends. Place on base and put corners together. The sides need to be inside the corners of the ends for the roof to fit correctly.

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