388. Christmas isn't Christmas for me without lots of baking and new cookie recipes to try. I often give my cookies away as gifts or hostess gifts when we are invited to a party. It has been years since we made a Gingerbread House so it was time.
I have a great recipe that has been tried and true over the years and it did not fail to produce again.
When the dough grows cool, I place it into the microwave for a few seconds to warm it up. This helps with the rolling-out process. And...we learned on Tasty to cut out the door and windows but not to remove them from the piece. You can watch the video here: Tasty The Ultimate Gingerbread House
Tasty also suggested using brown paper bag as an additional support for the roof to stay together and in a peak. Great idea!!
Meringue powder was a great way to make our icing glue.
"I thought maybe we could make gingerbread houses, and eat cookie dough and go ice skating and maybe even hold hands."...
~the movie "Elf"
