Let's Raise the Roof!
Gingerbread house-shaped cookie set, festively decorated with gingerbread men and candy accents.
Ingredients
Royal icing (see recipe p.118)
As needed
Grandma's gingerbread (see recipe p.118, rolled to ⅛ inch thick)
As needed
Meringue powder (for royal icing)
As needed
6-inch cake ring (for cutting)
A few
Silver candy foil wrap (for wrapping cake board)
As needed
Flower mix confetti (for decoration)
As needed
Jumbo confetti sprinkles (for decoration)
As needed
Spice sugar (for decoration)
As needed
Red swirl candies (for decoration)
As needed
Mini candy canes (for decoration)
As needed
Iced jelly ropes (for decoration)
As needed
Striped rectangular hard candies (for decoration)
As needed
Instructions
1
Prepare gingerbread dough
Prepare the gingerbread dough and roll out to ⅛ inch thick
2
Cut house pieces
Using a comfortable-grip cutter, cut 2 front and back walls, 2 side walls (each 2×2½ inches tall), and 2 roof panels (each 3½×2⅞ inches tall). Cut out the chimney. Bake and cool all pieces. If pieces puff up during baking, trim them back to original size with a serrated knife after cooling
3
Make gingerbread boys
Cut about 18–24 gingerbread boys using the cutters from the set; bake and cool
4
Assemble the house
Assemble and decorate the house (p.126). Use tip #1 to pipe facial features on the gingerbread boys and tip #2 for their clothes; let dry. Place the boys in the house. Each cookie serves 1 person
