Advanced Gingerbread House Techniques

I loved making my classic gingerbread house with Avalon last year but this year I wanted to try some more advanced techniques like making a curved gingerbread house roof, curved front porch and baking gingerbread in silicone molds.

Gingerbread House Recipe
30 oz AP Flour
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
3/4 tsp salt
7 oz vegetable shortening
6 oz granulated sugar
16 oz molasses
1 Large egg
2 ounces clear isomalt
Assorted candy for decorations

Stiff Royal Icing Recipe
16 ounces powdered sugar sifted
2 ounces pasteurized egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

[sophielee]

my second year come back to your video to make my gingerbread house, well this year I lift the game up to make a full on mansion. Simply love this recipe of the gingerbread dough to the icing .... Your legendary recipe pushed my own limit =))

[Celtic_Zebra]

I have been looking for a really sturdy gingerbread recipe, and yours delivered! This was the first year I made a gingerbread house and i made my great grandmothers old victorian house. The gingerbread house ended up being 3 feet tall and about 2 feet on all sides. It held detail really well and was very solid and sturdy. Thank you for such a great recipe!

[annette]

I use butterscotch candies for my windows and it's worked well. Gives a warm glow if you put lights inside.

[Lroselovely]

Here to watch again because it's nearly December again!!! ⛄❄️🎄🎁

[TamaraLeaMusic]

Awesome tutorial!
Family Gingerbread house memory:The first gingerbread house my mom made looked amazing! But unfortunately, she left it out Christmas eve and our two French poodles jumped up on the couch to get access to it. Pepe and Pierre 🙄licked all the smarties off of the roof and ate all the candy canes but left the gingerbread behind. My mom was so mad because she hadn’t taken a picture of her masterpiece yet 🤣🤣🤣We woke up to dog barf on the carpet. What a Christmas! Thanks for bringing back that memory with this gingerbread house. Always great videos, you are my go to for no fail recipes! Happy Holidays!

[dnaylor]

We love to use nerd ropes because they look just like christmas lights! Thanks for the great video.

[Purplelips]

Great job Liz! And thank you for sharing with us. ❤❤❤ Who is even disliking this? 😕

[canyoncastle]

I usually don't ever comment on videos but I had to say you are amazingly talented (and you keep making me laugh), Liz! Also a lot of people tend to take forever to actually get to the video and just talk and talk and talk but you jump right into it. I'm so glad I found your channel and thank you so much for all your cooking videos and recipes!!! Just finished making tempered chocolate from one of your videos and it turned out amazing! <3

[vahneb]

Brilliant! I may never make this recipe but I could watch this over and over. Thanks so much 🌹

[gloriamudany]

0:59 Yoo that sound of her breaking the foam is FREAKIIIINGGG 😍😍😍🙉🙉🙉

[oAvalono]

Thank you! It drives my family nuts that I'm non-religious but I still decorate & cook seasonal treats. Anyone can have fun making things like this!

[paulandbenny]

Finally, Someone explains how to do the curved roof .👏😁👍 Thank you!

[SugarGeekShow]

If you have any questions just leave them in the comments and I will answer them <3

[victoriatam]

What a magical way to start the day! You are in touch with your inner child, which must make you a very fun mom!

[bernielove]

This was so cool I decorated my first ginger house 3 weeks ago with my niece we thought it was gonna be fun your so right that icing that comes with the kit didn’t work. We had a hard time getting the house and decorations to stick lesson learn make my own royal icing lol

[danielapagliaro]

This is a great tutorial! I'm going to try making a gingerbread house. TFS

[BlueCaesar]

Suggestion: For more intricate pipping work (like window details), do the work and let it dry before you glue the house together. That way your work surface will be flat and much easier to manipulate!

[kevinalachat]

Thank you for giving us background history in most of your videos.

[hannahpumpkins]

At a work Christmas party a while back I won the raffle: $500 in cash, and a 5' high gingerbread house! It took 4 people to carry it and get it into my apartment. It was delicious too! (It was made by one of Chicago's best pasty chefs at the time...)

[sineadsimpson]

This was so much fun to watch. I don’t do Xmas but I so much enjoyed your vlog and you are fun with it.