It's EASIER than you might think! Making and Constructing a Ginger Bread House Start to Finish!
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I told my husband last night that I am so sad because I have watched every single one (from your very first video) of your videos and had to wait for you to post a new one. Luckily, I didn't have to wait that long 😂
WOW thank so much!!
I think the first I saw was canning tomatoes in January. Then went backwards. I was hooked from the get go.
@@AcreHomestead😮😅😅
I've done the same. But she comes out with alot of content, so we don't have to wait long for something new.
The first one I watched was the last big pasta preservation she did in the old house with pasta all over the tables lol
This reminds me of 100 years ago when I was in high-school. I don't remember if it was an art class or home economics, but I labored for days over a gingerbread house.
Proudly gave it to a relative for Christmas.
She had it as a centerpiece on her dining room table.....for about 24 hours......the dog noticed it, got up onto the table and - ate the whole thing.
😂😂😂😂
Well the dog had an artistic eye, lol. I took home ec all through high school and wished that they'd still taught it when my kids went to school. Probably the most helpful class I had for day to day living.
Becky, just remember you’re having fun with the gingerbread house, perfection isn’t the main goal. Now you have your efforts from this year to build upon for making improvements in future years. I admire your grit in challenging yourself taking on the house. For me, I think you did an incredibly fine job!
After one lil flub I would have smashed it out of frustration/Impatience and started eating it. 😆😆😆🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Your son is so blessed to have you for his mom. He’s going to have an amazing childhood doing this kind of stuff (and all of the garden activities) with you! ☺️☺️☺️
Debbie I was going to say the same thing! Glad I’m not the only one that thinks that!
Isn’t he only a year old? I think this would be more frustrating than fun at that age. I used to do a gingerbread house decorating event and most of the kids younger than PreK or kindergarten were not interested in decorating (the houses were assembled for them) or tried and were upset when it was too hard with their developing motor skills
@@debbie7115 how do you know?? We see a small fraction of UA-cam creators lives. She’s has said REPEATEDLY that she won’t be showing her child. Why can’t people get that through their heads. Why are you so fixated on seeing him. That seems extremely creepy to me. Also, Why are you watching if you’re so bothered. Do better.
@@taylorashlock6309 first of all, I didn’t necessarily mean this year. 🙄 Second, that was your experience. How do you know their’s won’t be completely different. Maybe she has more patience with children than you do.
@@debbie7115A one year old has no interest in “helping” make gingerbread houses, do you even have kids?! Lol
Girl, this brings back memories from my Culinary Apprenticeship. I'm a Commis Chef at a major hotel in Toronto 🇨🇦 and I wanted to go big for my final Christmas gingerbread house. Every year the apprentices create GB houses to be displayed over the breakfast buffet. My last year I made a miniature replica of the hotel. It took me 9wks to complete on top of a 40hrs+ work schedule. It had Christmas trees made of ice cream cones, construction workers as the city was doing work on the road and side walks at the time and blinks lights from the dollar store. My husband was so over it and when I woke him up at 4am to show him the finished product he said pack it up and let's go deliver it. We did, we got it there safely and on the buffet. Oh, I forgot to mention I had to build one section twice because my curious kitty knocked it over. Needless to say it was a hit, I got an A, all the chefs loved it and congratulationed me but I'll never ever ever make GB again. Like ever😜!! Merry Christmas ⛄
😁 You did it!
Congratulations on your achievement!
Just remember that teachers are more strict in their expectations than children! They don't require perfection 😊.
You go girl and you nailed 😊
It was fun to watch you, but took to much time just to make one house. I don’t like gingerbread at all. It would definitely be more fun if you were doing it for a group to make the gingerbread houses. . Blessings ❤️🌺
I dont blame u for not wanting to make GB again😂
I love making gingerbread houses every year! My tip would be to decorate each piece before you assemble it! Its easier to do when it's flat vs being upright!
Great idea!!
I would worry about smooshing my finger into the decorations while constructing it. But it all depends how intricate you make them
@queenizzy01 yes you do have to be careful about where you hold it! I like to do flood icing so I let mine dry overnight to make sure it's completely set! I know everyone has their own preferences though.
I was wondering if that would work.
@@queenizzy01 Royal Icing dries ROCK HARD. there is no worry of smooshing it.
Im so proud of you Becky. You never give up and keep on trying. And you exceed at whatever you make in your beautiful kitchen.
A couple hints: 1 cup of flour is 120 grams and if you liked the template for the gingerbread house, you could laminate the pages so you could reuse them.
I watch Rose Red Homestead and she did a lot of research on how much 1 cup of flour weighs. It weighs 144 grams.
I agree with the lamination. But trim it back a bit so there’s a sealed edge so a rinse and wipe won’t open it up.
@@KitchenFairy61 So weird, King Arthur's website says 120, but America's Test Kitchen says 5 oz (142 g).
@@pmbramucci1056 I'd go with America's Test Kitchen's weight. I always weigh my flour at 144 grams per cup and have had good luck. I bake a lot especially at this time of year. I've been baking for well over 40 year's. I started weighing my flour over 35 years ago.
For a first time - from scratch - effort 🎉.
For showing us that it's not as easy as the experts make it out to be - But that it's DO-ABLE!!🏅🏅
Thank you for showing us the mistakes we would likely have made & how to Calmly overcome them. 💜
Really cute gingerbread house :) In Sweden we do these every year and we usually use melted sugar when assembling the house and then icing for decorations. The melted sugar isn't very visible and it's strong and hardens fast, but of course quite hot so the children are only allowed to watch when it's being assembled and then they join in again when it's time for decorations :).
I was also going to give the melted sugar method. In Sweden we use a little different recepie on the gingerbread dough. We use syrup (sirap in Swedish), light or dark. No molasses. So the dough is lighter in colour. As it has been said already, we use melted sugar to build the gingerbread house, and when it's set ( in no time😉) we decorate with icing,candy and whatever you want and like 😁
So lovely! My tip would be to decorate every piece flat before constructing the house. It is more comfortable to work with, just like drawing, you could try stencils too, that is easier, you did it the difficult way and turned beautiful! ❤
I did the dutch house version last weekend and instead of cutting off the windows just glued some white chocolate tablets before constructing the house. It was like a merge.of the gingerbread dutch house and Hansel&Gretel house 😂😂 the kids really enjoyed it!
Tip: you can always cook a square piece of your scrap dough to taste when timer goes off, then cook longer if need be.
Becky, I wish I had known you were planning to do a gingerbread house. putting a rectangular sturdy loaf cake inside to stick the walls to is the best kind of cheating. it holds the house up and you have extra dessert. I use a plain cookie dough (no molasses which makes the walls soft.) and if I want it brown I spice it up. I'm still at the beginning so I have no idea how this worked out for you...always wishing you the best of luck. Have Fun...Jim Mexico.
To prevent the distortion: Cut the pieces, pull away the extra stuff, and transfer the entire parchment paper with cutouts to the tray. It might save on parchment paper, too, since you used six pieces for the prep/baking of the house pieces.
Just a tip for your piping kit - the white pieces you used are called a coupler and it allows you to change out the tips at any point while frosting - so no need to fill/use two bags if they’re the same icing, just switch the tip out when you’re ready to change!
Impressed by the amount of cooking you're doing this season, just finished watching your parmesan carrot recipe and your gingerbread house shows up, yum
Becky, the Gingerbread house came out beautiful and the cookies were adorable! Great job!
I think in America it is gingerbread houses but here in England we have the traditional Yule Log.
It is traditional to light a special 'Yule log' on Christmas Eve and keep it burning through the 12 nights of Christmas until Twelfth Night. Traditionally, a huge log would be selected in the forest on Christmas Eve, decorated with ribbons, and dragged back home. This was known as 'Bringing in the Yule Log'. Now we bake them so delicious. Next week I have to make 24 of them.
I add a small amount of spicy rum to my ginger cookies or Cointreau either one just elevates them
Here in canada, we do the yule log, more for the adults and the house for the kids ☃️
Gingerbread house most certainly can be consumed! We were a family of six, our parents and four children and our creations got a picture taken. Then we along with relatives with us during the holidays had our yummy house! 😊❤
I never thought of putting the piping bag in a mason jar to fill it. Genius! : )
I've never seen anything you ever attempted turn out bad you are so talented. Bless you and your family also to your parents and Josh's parents.
the dough came out fine and the instinct to bake the walls extra was spot on. The final results were cute.
Croissants. Best Butter and keep everything very cold. You'll be fine. More Hugs JIM
Becky, Thank you for being so real. This has made the whole gingerbread house making, baking and decorating NOT so intimidating! I NOW feel (for the first time) confident in giving the whole homemade gingerbread house project a good fun try (cookies too) 🧑🍳
I truly enjoyed this Gingerbread video!! ☺️
Hi Becky,
This might be my favorite video you’ve made. You’re becoming quite the baker now, added to your other talents.
That house is so stinking adorable!! And the gingerbread men too!
Thank you for keeping it real! Us newbies need to see the mistakes n how you fix it n even with the dough!
I really enjoy working with royal icing and learned about consistency in the following way. Glue is used for construction, make it the thickness of spackle. If you take a dollop, the peak from your spoon shouldn't move at all. Piping consistency is for drawing, make it the consistency of toothpaste. If you make a tall peak, it should soften and curl over very slowly. 20 second icing is for semi abstract, like melting snow. If you make a dollop it will slowly melt into itself so that at 20 seconds the last signs of the dollop have disappeared into a smooth puddle. Flood consistency is like honey; thick and luxurious, and pourable. Flood will immediately disappear into itself if you create a dollop. Julia M Usher is a solid resource for icing prep.
I make one every year. Its the centrepiece for our table during Christmas Dinner.
I love you channel and all that you do. Just wanted to let you know, in case you don't, I had to watch about 15 minutes of unskippable ads to watch this video. Every 3 or 4 minutes a 30-45 second ad popped up.
Well done! For a 1st house you did a fantastic job! I’ve been gingerbreading for over 20 years and for about 5 or 6 of those years I made multiple houses each year. Oh my goodness did the mom in me come out watching this! I kept yelling tips and tricks to you😂 I about came unglued when you wiped your gingerbread with a damp paper towel! My husband came in from the other room to make sure that I was ok🤣🤣 My gingerbread house dough does not contain egg. It is almost like a gingersnap, or cracker texture, and sucks up moisture from the air even. It gets deliciously soft after the house has been sitting all assembled for a couple of days. You mentioned making brown icing, I did that on a little Valentine’s chocolate bread chalet one year. Just use cocoa powder in place of some of the powdered sugar to give it the color you want. Your piping skills will get better as you continue to play with piping bags, and decorating cookies and small cakes are a great way to do that. I found myself wanting to come play with you and share my knowledge and love of gingerbreading with you. I was thrilled to hear that you have someone who knows a lot about gingerbreading that you can create wonderful, edible memories with❤
so funny 😂😂😂
Becky,
I was just going to ask if you could possibly do a video of making homemade laminated/croissant dough!!! ❤❤❤❤
I love watching you cook and bake.
I always feel like I've learned something. You make things look easier to tackle.
Thanks for everything you do!
❤
When my husband and I were still dating I made a ginger bread house from scratch. It was a two storu style house yard and xmas decor galore! It was such a big project for menat the time. When friends would come by they would add a little something to it, it became a group project. I loved it amd was so proud when I finished. It was displayed in the middle of our dining table. We had roommates at the time and we went out and the dogs got left out. I got home but was locked out. As I walked towards the back I passed the dining window and saw one of the dogs going to town on it 😢 By the time I got in the house they were licking the frosting left on the tray 🤭 Its been18yrs and I haven't made another 🙃
Becky, you can always laminate your patterns so they'll last longer ❤
I love the way you challenge yourself and take me on the journey with you
I don’t comment often because I watch you everyday on my big screen tv thank you for all of the delicious journeys ❤
I always make a lot of mini-gingerbread men cookies. I put demerara sugar on top. When I make the bigger cookies, I decorate them but for the small ones, the sugar is really good.
Your house and cookies look great. Hope it becomes a fun tradition for your family.
Always sift the powder sugar after measuring, you can use straight pins to help to keep the sides together while drying. You can use dowel rods to roll out the dough to be all even and roll out on cookie sheet and cut out, no moving, just pull away the extra dough. Just a few helpful hints, you did great
My daughter has been making 6 gingerbread houses to make with nieces/nephews for past few years. Big difference this year using new rolling pin with guides.
My dtg has one of those rolling pins, is great when you want dough certain thickness.
For the flour and weighing it, I have noticed that you always use one measuring cup to dig into the flour. I used to do that as well, and then I learned that it's really more proper to use another spoon to put the flour in the measuring cup you're using and then level it off. So now I keep a scoop in my flour container, so I remember to do it that way.
If you are weighing it, it doesn't matter what you use to put it into the bowl on the scale. Filling the measuring cup with a spoon and leveling it only matters if you are NOT weighing it.
@@bethpark6266 That's what I meant, for not weighing it.
Making a Gingerbread house is fun to watch, but too intimidating for me. I love the Gingerbread Men! You did so good!!! 🎄 Merry Christmas
I totally would buy a shirt that says “A little bit of frosting can cover a multitude of sins.” 😂😂😂😂😂
That was fun. It reminded me of the year we made a gingerbread neighborhood. The only home made one was the school and it was the one I loved the most. Next was the graham cracker Church on a candy cane box foundation And the general store. We even made little triangle shelters for "pets".
The kits we made into a train station and a town hall.
It was pretty rustic looking, not professional by any stretch. But the house smelled amazing. We had 3 big tables set up for display. When ppl came over we'd offer supplies for them to make Graham cracker structures of their own to add to the display Or..they could take one home if they wanted. That was a year full of memories and we kept it up for months.. in a big dining room we weren't using.. Near a fireplace. So Becky, I'm inspired again.
Thank you for showing the fun and the fumbles that go into creating a home made gingerbread house.
Till next time, take care you you ❤🎄 take time to relax and enjoy it all. 🤶
U are truly a natural when it come to baking and cooking ! U are amazing! Everything always works out for u . Looks so great !
You know what I'm most impressed with..... you did the house so WE could see it and not so you could easily see it! Very impressive nailed it for sure
I think you did a great job. I use to make a gingerbread house every year for my children. I even made one for my two granddaughters. Have a picture of my youngest granddaughter eating it after Christmas. What a great memory.
I love that you just jump right into a challenge of making something for the first time. Good job 👍
I was craving gingerbread men this week. It took me visiting a lot of stores but i found them. Now i can make them. Thank you
I learned the best way to glue the house together is to melt sugar and it sticks really good and fast.
Becky, I've not done the house from scratch yet. I used a kit where the cookies were made already, and you put the pieces together with icing than decorated. Your house came out really nice. So did the ginger bread men😊
Becky, if you lay some frozen items directly from the freezer on your stone counter tiles - things that will make good contact with the tiles, like bags of hashbrowns, peas or ice cubes - for a few minutes as needed it will chill your tiles so the butter doesn’t warm up as quickly. Some people keep a marble slab to stick in the freezer and then use that to keep various doughs chilled.
Those gingerbread men turned out so cute. ❤
I’m attempting this journey with my children tomorrow. Send the prayers. Will update 😅😅
My daughter and I used to make gingerbread houses for us and the neighbors.
It’s not easy!! After a few years of doing it it kind of became easier. I’m sad we didn’t take pictures. Your house and cookies look fabulous!!!
Good job Becky! A new tradition for sure.
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Hi Becky
When I use to bake these with my children we had icing of course for putting together and a second batch of icing with coconut for decorating which gave it a more snowy look, thanks to my daughter for that tip when she's about 4 or 5 as she loved coconut, I learned to decorate the walls first let dry than attached...
You did an amazing job ❣️Another great video for which I shared with my son inlaw as he wants to do this with my grandson ❤
Great idea!
The gingerbread house looks great and the cookies of gingerbread men look cute.
It also helps to have the pieces laying down and decorate some of the sides and front BEFORE you put the house together. I’m a professional cookie decorator/baker and it gives you more control and no more dripping and messing up. You can make such nice looking designs that way. Plus, you can sprinkle sugar on your snow area and it looks super cute
Have you ever used melted sugar to assemble the gingerbread house?
Because that's how we Swedes do it and it's a technique that goes through generations. It hardens quick and is soooo stable so it never breaks.
@@petrakihlstrom8163 This may seem like a silly question, but how do you make melted sugar? We call that syrup and I can’t imagine how you would use it.
What a fun day! Everything came out so cute. I might have to try making a gingerbread house again! Thanks for the encouragement!
An hour video????? Yes please! I love all your videos but enjoy the longer ones best. Buuuuuut, I'm glad with anything you post.
What a fun Saturday afternoon Becky, thank you ❤ so Festive 🎄
What a fabulous gingerbread house for your first time and babies first Xmas!!! Can put some glitter sprinkles on for snow!❄️
Try using a star tip for a more finished appearance on the edges and at the ground of the house. Also, you are right that royal icing should be really stiff and will challenge your hand strength but the end result is worth it. Also place a damp towel over the top of your icing bowl to keep the humidity up and only put what you are working with into the piping bag. You can use a coupling device in the tip of the piping bag and then switch out your tips easily. Hope you find these tips useful. FYI…. I love your garlic pucks. My new favorite thing. Thanks for sharing.
Becky your gingerbread house and gingerbread men turned out wonderful for your first time doing them. Way to go.
I enjoyed watching the house come together. Well done ❤
Love your videos as always, and I am so looking forward to what you whip out this holiday season!
A tip for decorating the houses (not for contests): Decorate your sides before assembling and let it dry completely. It's a bummer to wait for, but I find it much easier to decorate while the lay flat.. It's just a tad more difficult to make the assembly less messy :D
My kids and I have decorated our share of gingerbread houses when they were younger. We've had our traditional, our Hobbit house, the Harry Potter themed ones, we even did one of our church, lol! It's been at least 15 years since we did one, and watching your video definitely put me in the mindset of doing it again. The only issue is that none of us actually like to eat gingerbread! But we love doing this anyway!!
I love your use of the jar to support your sides. Great idea!!!
As a former professional baker--couple of tips I can offer is always stick to the royal icing recipe and only fill your bags half-full. It keeps you from wasting (not bag-farts) and makes the bags easier to manage, giving you better control. You can always add more and even add color if you want.
To put your pieces together, put your base of icing down to set them in, you can always cover the edge of the base with "snow" but this gives your sides some stability at the bottom, especially the chimney, pipe each piece along the edges then place them. It eliminates the thickness of the icing on such small pieces, again giving you more decoration space and better control. One thing we started doing as our houses became more "themed" oriented, was I cut out doors, windows, gates, etc, from the dough, decorated, then added them on. It made it easier to stencil, design, pipe, and then attach. We still added the piping, but it let us give better detail to what we were trying to accomplish. This was especially true when it came to Baggend (Bilbo's house). There's no way I could have piped that, lol!!
Also, using edible pens is a good tool if you want to do something more detailed. When I was training at the bakery, we made our pieces out of cardboard, wrapped them in wax paper, and practiced many, many times until we could do this in our sleep. I dont recommend this because it's a LOT of sugar, lol!!! But it's something we did with old icing or icing we were going to toss.
I personally love the simplicity of the white icing and the darkness of the gingerbread. You're right in that sometimes simple is better!! It looks absolutely beautiful and I know Baby Acre is going to love doing this with you in the future!! You'll definitely need a little girl gingerbread cutter so you can decorate a cookie for each of you!!! When I showed your finished product to my husband he was blown away at it being your first!! Great job!! I see more houses in your future!!
House looking good, girl!! Brought back memories of my hubby and I each decorating a store bought cookie. We only did it one year since he really didn't like it.....too stressful he said. Love you and your channel.
You’re amazing I can’t believe how great it came out on your first time! You inspire me….thank you 💜
Well Done Becky!! I love your channel, you keep it Real. Hope that if you decide to have a competition next year you'll take us along, would be fun. ❤ from NB Canada
I must say that I have enjoyed watching this video maybe more than any other video. Maybe because I’m in the Christmas spirit, and also like you have been intimidated by making a gingerbread house from scratch. You’ve solved a lot of the mystery for me. Love it! Merry Christmas!
You make everything look so easy! Thanks for sharing 🎄
I was reminded of all the caulking you did while you were getting your new homeready! You never know what skill sets come in handy!
Happy & Blessed 1st Birthday to Baby Acre this month! ❤🎉🙏🏽🥰
Hi Becky, a gingerbread house always appeared too difficult and complicated for me to attempt to make. Thank you so much for this video and showing how I will be able to make corrections as needed with confidence.The gingerbread men are adorable and I love the look of only white icing and no candy. Great job!
Becky, I'm making your artesian bread now 🤞 you're teaching me how to cook girl
Becky youve done so very well considering its your first attempt from scratch. As a trained pastry chef, its not easy to do. You also filmed yourself doing it. Well done!!!
I cut out the windows out and put crushed up boiled sweets ( candy) inside the window cut out then bake as normal. You get a stained glass window effect.
Your cute house looks gorgeous ❤❤❤ love and blessings xjx
Love the recipe for the gingerbread house AND the templates!!! Thank you for sharing.
That is so adorable Becky. That would be fun to do as a family. Merry Christmas!❤😊
That turned out so cute, despite having to have so many "surgeries."
I was yelling so loud that you had the wrong pieces for the sides! I'm glad you figured it out before the icing set. Some of the small gingies would have looked cute in the yard.😊
A friend of mine decorates all the pieces first and then assembles the house. She said it makes the decorating so much easier!
Becky your gingerbread house and gingerbread men look fabulous. Well done Bec. 🧑🎄🎅🎄❄️
ok...second comment...the gingerbread house was charming!! LOVE IT...
Cant wait to see when you try doing croissants!! I LOVE them and have wanted to try making them also...You are giving me some inpiration that I had lost a couple years ago when my Dad got sick and we ultimately lost him in July of 2022. He LOVED cooking and I get my love for cooking and creating from him but I lost is along the way and have been missing it so much. Iso watching your videos gives me the WANT to star cooking again...just need a little more of a push I guess...Thank you Becky for being such a bright light in this world..I dont know you but through your videos I can tell that you would have been someone I would have definitely been friends with if we lived in the same area..God Bless..and positive vibes coming to you and your famiy. one more thing... I absolutely LOVE watching the videos of you and your Mom cooking together...it so cool and your mom is so sweet and cute. Cherish tose moments with her!! I miss doing that kind of stuff with my Mom and my Dad. Ok..Im done..LOL..hope you arehaving a wonderful weekend!
Next year you should make a manger scene. I have been a baker/decorator and made a great living at it, and for your first try at doing one, you did very well. Keep up the good work. I love your videos.
My sister is a professional baker. Every year she has a party in her neighborhood. They make gingerbread houses. It's so nice to see how giddy this makes you. Oh! You can absolutely put coco powder in your royal icing. Believe me when I say it does good cover up lol!
This video came out a very good time for me because I've also been wanting to make my own gingerbread house! I've done store-bought gingerbread houses for the past few years,but they're a lot smaller than they once were and I always end up buying more to ingredients to decorated anyways. Thank you for this video!
That is awesome!
Wow! Becky you did it! Great job! Your gingerbread house and gingerbread men were decorated beautifully. I thought you would make a gingerbread family since you had the 3 different size cut-outs and one for baby Acre. I guess he is a year old now. This is his 2nd Christmas? Anyway, you proved you can do anything you put your mind to even if you had to do it a few times. Good for you! You and Josh and Baby Acre and your families have a safe and wonderful Christmas and ALL of God's best in 2024 and always! xoxo
So cool!
Making 5 this year plus cookies. Assembling 5 and giving 4 to family&friends for them to decorate. We go crazy with candy decorations. Then it they get devoured on Christmas ❤ I have molds that you press dough in & bake.
I transfer parchment with rolled out dough onto an upside down cookie sheet and cut it right on there so there is no need to transfer. The upside down sheet gives you room to work on without the sides getting in the way. Just give room for expansion.
Also if you're not going to eat the house don't waste your butter, with the price of butter going up, use Crisco vegetable shortening.
Good job Becky!
Hi Becky, I found a lovely recipe for gingerbread men on Cupcakejemma. They are soft and chewy, everybody loves them - especially my grandson. I thought I’d let you know because if you’re searching for a recipe you might as well try this one first!
I'll be using these tips next week in competition with my niece and nephews. Last year was a tumbledown disaster!
I'm so grateful to Becky for improving my cooking and making it easier .
Just adorable! I really enjoyed watching you make this. Thank you 🌺
The gingerbread house and the cookies are stinking adorable becky. I wouldn't worry too much of having too much icing look like a mess because I think it's supposed to represent snow on a gingerbread house anyway and just think of it as a really bad nasty blizzard that hit that house Hahaha
Becky embrace the icing looking messy. It’s supposed to look like snow. My sister does some incredible gingerbread buildings. I believe to prevent distortion you take the ginger bread out the oven part way through and resize it when the dough is still soft. If you want to get really adventurous you can cut windows in and fill with crushed boiled sweets to give a stained glass effect.
Hey Becky when working with Royal icing if you need to thin it out use a tiny amount of just boiled water. Also cover the surface the icing with plastic wrap so that the icing doesn’t get crusty. The gingerbread house and men look so cute.
When you flung icing onto your phone, I was laughing out loud. The house turned out so well, you should be proud. The gingerbread cookies were perfect too. What a wonderful way to spend a day! And knowing your family, the competition in future years should be a sight to behold.
I’m just seeing this , but so enjoyed watching it, it turned out so pretty! We do a gingerbread house every Christmas Eve, ever since my granddaughter was 2 🥰she 15 now! Your baby boy will have so much fun decorating one and you will love the memories!
Beautiful job, Becky!! Way to go!! ♥️🙏🏼♥️
So enjoyed this!! Was feeling a lot of stress and now feeling happy!
Becky you are nothing short of amazing! I love that you are not afraid to try new things, make things from scratch, do things your way and the recipe comes out great! Also your not afraid of mistakes and go back to correct yourself and your just so patient and you make cooking so peaceful and enjoyable! 🥰🍬🍪🍭