Gingerbread House
Gingerbread House is written the way I make it in my own kitchen: exact source amounts, clear timing, and the texture cues I check before serving. I included practical swaps, storage notes, and the small fixes that help the recipe behave.
- Time: 42 min
- Servings: 1
Source: Recipe Tweets
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour
- teaspoon baking soda
- teaspoons ground ginger
- teaspoons ground cinnamon
- teaspoon ground allspice
- teaspoon salt
- Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- packed light or dark brown sugar
- large egg, at room temperature
- unsulphured molasses
- Tablespoon water
- royal icing
- assorted candies
- vegetable shortening
- confectioners' sugar
- Tablespoons milk
- teaspoon pure vanilla extract