23 Gingerbread House Designs and Recipes eCookbook

Take a tour around the world with this beautiful German Gingerbread House, or Lebkuchenhaus. This traditional gingerbread house template makes a picture-perfect holiday decoration and a sweet treat! Materials: RECIPE INGREDIENTS: Gingerbread dough ingredients: 1 ¼ cups packed dark-brown sugar ¾ cup unsulfured molasses ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon coarse salt 1 ¼ cups milk 1 tablespoon baking powder 6 ½ cups all-purpose flour Royal icing ingredients: 2 cup of powdered sugar, sifted 1 large egg white Caramel “mortar” ingredients: 1 ½ cups of granulated sugar a small squeeze of lemon juice

OTHER MATERIALS: Stable surface or tray for assembling gingerbread house Baking supplies (saucepan, mixing bowl, wooden spoon, spatula, etc.) Pastry bag or ziplock bag Printable Gingerbread House Template Scissors Lightweight cardboard or cardstock for tracing stencils Paring knife or pizza cutter Printable template from MarthaStewart.com (See following pages)