Let's Raise the Roof!
A festive gingerbread house cookie kit, complete with gingerbread boy decorations and colorful candy accents.
Story
Bring the magic of the holiday season to life with this delightful gingerbread house cookie kit. Designed with cheerful gingerbread boy decorations and sweet candy accents, it offers a wonderful and festive way to celebrate and create joyful memories with family and friends.
Ingredients
Royal icing (recipe on p.118)
as needed
Grandma's gingerbread (recipe on p.118, rolled out ⅛ inch thick)
as needed
Egg white powder (for royal icing)
as needed
6-inch cake ring (for cutting)
several
Silver candy tin foil wrap (for wrapping cake board)
as needed
Flower mixture colored sprinkles (for decoration)
as needed
Extra large colored sugar sprinkles (for decoration)
as needed
Spiced sugar (for decoration)
as needed
Red swirl candies (for decoration)
as needed
Mini candy canes (for decoration)
as needed
Sugar-coated jelly strings (for decoration)
as needed
Striped rectangular hard candies (for decoration)
as needed
Instructions
1
Prepare gingerbread dough
Prepare the gingerbread dough and roll it out to ⅛ inch thick.
2
Cut house pieces
Using a comfort-grip cutter, cut out 2 house front and back pieces, 2 side walls (each 2×2½ inches high), and 2 roof panels (each 3½×2⅞ inches high). Cut out the chimney. Bake and cool all pieces. If the pieces expand during baking, trim them to their original sizes with a serrated knife after cooling.
3
Make gingerbread boys
Cut out about 18-24 gingerbread boys using the cutters from the set; bake and cool.
4
Assemble house
Assemble and decorate the house (p.126). Decorate the gingerbread boys' facial features with a #1 tip, and their clothes with a #2 tip; let dry. Place the boys into the house. Each cookie serves 1 person.
