Candy canes, when snapped in half, make for an excellent column on either side of the home.įor our Christmas cabin, I’ve added some particularly cute touches. I also found a very cute, tiny wreath made out of candy to place above a door made out of a Hershey’s chocolate square. I’ve used green icing and multicolored sprinkles to replicate a string of lights across the roof. At this stage in the process, you can accessorize your gingerbread house with a variety of different candies and other sweets. This gives a much more realistic roof effect.Īfter finishing the walls and roof of the home, be sure to fill in any cracks or crevices with more icing. When starting a new row, place the cereal pieces in such a way that one row slightly overlaps the top of the row underneath it. Place the Mini Wheats on your roof starting at the bottom, allowing for some overhang. This trick has won me many holiday baking contests in the past. For this recipe, we’re using Kellog’s Frosted Mini Wheats, which look exactly like an old-fashioned thatch roof covered in a dusting of snow. Breakfast cereal makes for an amazing gingerbread house roof, as the little squares look just like roof tiles. Cutting the pretzels tends to cause them to break.Īfter gluing the pretzel logs all the way up the sides of your house, it’s time to start on the roof. If you’re on a diet, ask a friend to nibble them for you. You will likely need to nibble on the ends of the pretzel sticks in order to make them fit the length of your house’s walls. Once your house and icing are dry, begin adding your “logs” to the log cabin by using more royal icing to glue the pretzel rods to each side of the house. It’s absolutely perfect for the vibe we are going for. For this house, I’ve used an adorable rotating cake display made to look like a round and rustic slice of wood. Gingerbread house kits will often come with a small cardboard base to build the house upon, but I’ve found that a Lazy Susan makes for the best base as it allows you to rotate your project with ease. We are putting a lot of heavy decorations on this house, so be sure to be generous with your glue. If you bought a kit in the store, follow the directions and use the provided icing to “glue” the house together. The first thing you must do is assemble your gingerbread house. To begin decorating, put on your favorite holiday movie and clear off the table. (I like the all-in-one recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction, which can be found at. To glue your pieces together, you’ll need royal icing, and for decoration, make sure to use a crusting buttercream that will dry quickly. If you do choose to make your own gingerbread house, be sure to make more dough than you think you’ll need should something go wrong. These houses come with pre-cut pieces to construct the house, plus icing and some small decorations which I tend not to use. If you’d rather skip straight to the decorating, there’s no shame in buying a pre-baked house from your local supermarket. Feel free to make your house from scratch, but I’m a bit of an impatient person and was slightly appalled last year when it took nearly half a day to make gingerbread cookies from scratch. The first thing you will need when crafting your Christmas cabin, of course, is a gingerbread house. Make it a group project with your children or grandchildren, or put on some holiday tunes and take a stab at it all on your own. Complete with pretzel “logs” and a thatched roof made from frosted cereal, this beautiful creation will have you winning the family gingerbread house competition by a mile. Thumbing through the next few pages, you will find instructions on how to create a Christmas cabin gingerbread house. It is always sure to wow guests as a centerpiece during Christmas dinner, and it quickly becomes a staple in your holiday decor. With years of practice, I have through trial and error come up with what I believe to be a showstopper gingerbread house like no other. Since high school, I have always enjoyed grabbing a friend or loved one and forcing them to spend hours around the dinner table using icing to glue gumdrops and candy canes to a tiny house made of cookies. The holidays come with many treasured traditions, and one of my favorites has got to be making and decorating a gingerbread house.
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