How To Make A Gingerbread House + Free Templates!

It's almost Christmas and that means it's time to build a gingerbread house!! Be sure to download my free printable PDF template for this medium sized gingerbread house with chimneys, a smaller gingerbread house with chimneys, and my mini gingerbread name holders!

This gingerbread house tutorial will guide you through the steps in making a delicious, sturdy and slightly spiced gingerbread that will hold it's shape when constructed, but doesn't feel as though you're biting into concrete when consumed! I also walk you through how to make a beautiful royal icing for both construction and decoration!

You can download my gingerbread templates for free here!!

Do you make gingerbread houses for Christmas? If so, tell me in the comments below!

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INGREDIENTS

Gingerbread:
1.2kg plain flour
500g butter, unsalted
400g dark muscovado sugar
14 tbsp golden syrup (or molasses)
4 tsp baking soda/bicarbonate soda
8 tsp ground ginger

Royal Icing:
500g icing sugar
3 tbsp meringue powder
8-10 tbsp water

The above recipe makes the large gingerbread house, 4 name name holders and a few additional decorative sides. If you'd like to make the smaller gingerbread house, halve all the ingredients above.

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Additional Credits To:

DJ Quads - 'Let It Snow', 'Boppin' Christmas'

Ikson - Christmas

Chapters:

0:00 - How to Make a Gingerbread House!
0:41 - Let's Make The Gingerbread Dough
2:06 - Use Your Template To Cut Out Your Pieces
3:43 - Baking and Grating!
4:44 - Making the Royal Icing
5:24 - Colouring the Icing
5:47 - Let's Decorate!
6:14 - Building Our Gingerbread House
7:09 - Your Finished Gingerbread House!
7:32 - Gingerbread Name Holders
7:46 - Love Gingerbread?! Make This Next!!

[BlackCatKitchen]

You can download my gingerbread templates for free here! ➡ ⬅ Be sure to like and subscribe if you find the templates and recipe video useful!! 😻😻

[CakesWithLorelie]

Awww I love the cats in the front yard and on the chimney.

[debbieskitchen]

I have never seen anyone make Gingerbread House homemade. Yours turned out great.

[mollypurcellmealprep]

it turned out perfect! Marry Christmas!

[math]

perfectly done, love the gingerbread house, happy holidays

[stellygrillsnchills]

That was so cool 😎 lot of fitness product

[LivingwithRagdolls]

Loved watching this. My Mom makes one of these every year and she melts boiled sweets to make stained glass windows and goes all out. Great video! Love the cat on the chimney. ❤❤Like 45 :)

[foodcounter]

Wow superb looks outstanding 👍 yumm yummy 😋👍

[trackingpaket]

Wow, really amazing presentation. The food is delicious

[AfterCovidthefoodchannnel]

AmaIng my friend how you made the ginger house!! Looks really good and you decorate perfectly! Have a good day! 🦇

[CookingwithAnadi]

I've never made gingerbread house before. It looks like loads of fun and it turned out awesome! I love your instructions, so clear and as a total beginner I know I'd be set up for success! I gotta try this out for sure, really cool activity and I think the components are delicious haha

[phiromrithisak]

The first time that I see ginger bread look yummy my friend and the recipe very nice for your share good luck...

[marigeobrien]

Great video. I love your templates-- thank you for making them available. I've wanted to make mini-gingerbread houses for my friends, just to add to their cookie baskets. Next year, for sure!

BTW, If you leave a small border around your pieces, they won't expand as much, nor burn on the edges. Cut them, but leave a 1-2" extra bit of dough. Then, right after baking, cut the same lines again. Just like you did with the windows and doors. It also saves having to do all that shaving down afterwards.

[Bake_That]

I love your gingerbread house Dani- this is awesome! I love that you have a template for a large and medium sized house. I have never made one homemade before! I love the cats you have on yours 😺

[SushiChillAndGrill]

Wow!! Dani, this looks amazing. Love to make me one! Now i know how! Beautiful video as always!

[Papparoni]

"hoomans" - superb! That look! Won't go near your tree honest kitty!! :)

[DavidBONG-MYSG]

Wow perfect gingerbread house. Loves the black cat gingerbread. Merry Christmas to you and family, may this year Christmas bring you and family an endless joys and happiness. God bless my friend. Like perfect 15 👍👍👍🎄 🎄 🎄 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊

[RhubarbAndCod]

Dani, you've done a genius video again! Such a great, clear, comprehensive breakdown of how to do a gingerbread house from end to end! All the excellent tricks are so useful... rolling out the dough on parchment, shaving down the edges on a raised tray, it's all amazing to know! And of course it's covered in some adorable black cats, as should be. Beautiful icing work, which I always find so impressive. When building the base of the house, you mentioned that the longer you can leave things to set up, the stronger it will be. Would you wait between each panel, or pause for a while after the whole base was built, and either way, for how long to really help it? Thanks so much for this Dani! Fantastic video!

[WhatsCookingAtMomsKitchen]

I want to live in that Gingerbread house with the three cats! It is so adorable, Dani! It has the countryside vibe to it! Love it sooo much! It's so beautiful I won't eat it though.

[ValerieHargett]

Hey! I absolutly love your apron! That is adorable! Great tips! I love chef's treats!😊 Great video! Merry Cat-mas to you too!🥰