Gingerbread House

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The gingerbread house turned out fantastically! I learned that you have to really roll out that dough to make room for all the shapes. But it turned out perfectly in the oven. The frosting on the other hand didn't turn out so well. So I just bought store-made frosting. It was still sticky enough to keep the pieces together. I will definitely use this recipe again!

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We made four houses on Christmas Eve. The recipe was quite small for our average sized house mold (The Chef's Toolbox Silicone Gingerbread House Mold. We had good success with the dough since the mold does not require rolling. It came out strong and the icing recipe worked well even though it was a little hard to pipe out. Our houses came out beautiful. I plan to use the recipe next year for our new tradition.

PS. I love the flavor!

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I have been making gingerbread houses for many years. I thought that I would try this recipe and was intrigued that this recipe didn't use either an egg or vinegar... It was like trying to role a board, and then when it did finally give enough to role (this was refridgerated for the perscribed 30 mins., the dough CRACKED EVERYWHERE!! I spent hours tring to make this stuff work and the only reward were 3 gingerbread men that resembled Frankenstein due to all of the apparent repaired cracks... Find a recipe that utilizes an egg and vinegar and your experience will probably better than this one proved out to be.... NIGHTMARE!!!

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I googled Beatrice Ojakangas and found the food network recipe on a few sites, but then I found the real recipe. Here it is. I am sure that 1/2 c of water would have made a big difference.

1 cup butter, room temperature [226g]
1 cup brown sugar, well packed [220g]
2 tablespoons cinnamon
4 teaspoons ground ginger
3 teaspoons ground cloves
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ cup boiling water
5 cups all-purpose flour [875g]

The directions are still the same

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I think that the dough is great. I had my own pan, so I didn't need the templates that weren't there. I had to make three batches of it before I could fill the pans, and I wonder how big they thought gingerbread houses should be. Since I didn't use the templates, I don't know. They should probably make the recipie larger, but it is fine the way it is I guess. It tastes great so I used the extra to make some cookies. (To ice the cookies I found a really great recipie on a different website, that uses 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar, 4 to 5 tsp. milk, 1 or 2 drops vanilla, and 1 tbsp. butter, softened. It's really good and goes great with the ginger bread. YUM!
I havn't decorated it yet, but it looks very good even without. I can't wait until it's finished and we can eat it for the holidays!!

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It wasn't the most tasty by itself, but worked OK for building materials. The recipe would've made a SMALL house, though. I had to make five batches for one (two-story colonial house. I didn't roll out on pan, I rolled out on parchment paper and transferred it to sheet or else sticking would've been terrible. Also: the recipe didn't clarify if you should leave the outside portion of the cut outs on the pan. Sounded like you needed to, so I did on the first batch and the realized it was so wasteful. That changed on the next batches. As for the icing: The recipe was WAAAAY too thin. I had to thicken it up a lot to make it work. I would probably use a different recipe next time.

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I give this 3 stars... based on the following. The directions were very easy to follow. The templates were not included... nor does it say anything about templates being included. The creator of this recipes refers to "figures", however the "figures" are not available. However, they do give the dimensions for you to make your own templates, and they are really easy to follow. The hardest part of this "Gingerbread House" was constructing the pieces together so that they stay. I followed the icing recipe and even added a little more almond extract than it said, and still found the icing to be a little stiff. The icing didn't want to stick to the gingerbread at all. The gingerbread was crumbling in my hands. The last thing, I had a problem with was a final picture of what theirs looked like. I just had to guess where the 5 pieces went. My 2-1/2 daughter enjoyed helping me decorate it. I guess that's what matters. : Good luck!!!

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I haven't made this yet, but for those looking for templates, she gave the dimensions for the pieces, you make your own...............

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I thought this recipe worked well so far. I'm using my own template and have needed to tripple the recipe. The texture is perfect! All I have done so far is made about 200 little shingles for my massive construction project, they are great!! I did change the recipe a bit to give it more scent, so i think they may not be edible at this point. I used way more spices than it called for and added some orange zest and juice instead of the water. They smell awesome!

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Would've given this 5, but where are the templates?!?!