Gingerbread House

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The gingerbread is very good for building and eating. I had some dough left over that I made in to ginger bread cookies and they were very tasty. My house had a few weak points in it, but I think that was more builder error than anything else. My only complaint is the icing recipe; I found it to be a little hard to work with; it hardened on me REALLY fast. I don't know if that's the nature of royal icing in general or the recipe provided. Overall, great recipe. Will defiantly be using this 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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it was very tasty and me and my family enjoyed building it.:P

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This is my first gingerbread house AND the first recipe I tried and I'll never need to try another one. I'll be using this recipe for decades. LOVE!

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It is not difficult to understand, it says clearly and specifically, 8 ounces, 2 sticks; it say 16 tablespoons which is not 16 ounces, 2 tablespoons is one ounce, even if you do not know that, it still would not be necessary to follow instructions that say 8 ounces, which we all know is a half pound no matter how many sticks it takes.

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I think this is the worst recipe I've ever tried to make. Made two batches of the dough to make two gingerbread houses and had to throw everything out....$20 worth of ingredients. I have checked, double and triple checked the recipe. Sticky nasty mess. I can't believe I found it on the FoodNetwork!

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I am off to a bad start with this recipe. I have added a least an extra cup of flour. Without it, the dough was VERY sticky. I measured everything very carefully. Hopefully it will be easier to work with after it has chilled for a good two hours. Did anyone else have that problem? I bake all the time and decided to try this recipe for a change. Not too happy at the moment.

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I have been making gingerbread houses for years and wanted to try a new recipe. This is the best recipe I have ever used. The house is very sturdy and it tastes fantastic. Thanks Gale!

Tip on the icing-let it sit in bowl covered in plastic wrap for at least four hour before using it to build your house. It will hold so much better then fresh made icing.

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This was fabulous last year when I made four houses for my kids. The gingerbread bakes
perfectly and is sturdy to hold the house up without crumbling. The gingerbread tastes really
good, the kids loved eating them as much as creating them. A well thought out recipe!

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for all that said the recipe came out wrong because the butter amount was wrong, perhaps if you re-read the recipe you will see that it clearly calls for 8 OUNCES of butter(16 TABLESPOONS OR 2 STICKS NOT 16 OUNCES...which we all should know is one pound of butter OR 4 STICKS!!!! Gotta read the recipe carefully!!