Gingerbread houses

pug_in_a_bed

Hello all,
Just wondering if any of you make a gingerbread house at all?
I've made one in the past but the house was ready made and just needed ticking together. I'd like to make one from scratch this year, so looking for any tips/good recipes but also a set of cutters/gingerbread house kit that people can recommend:j

LJM

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4900/simple-gingerbread-house

found this may be worth a look

monkeysallsayboo

i found these and i want to try them out
http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2009/12/18/a-gingerbread-house-that-perches-on-the-rim-of-your-mug/

but i want to do a big one this year too!

Fluffysheep38

Aw, how cute are they !

LJM

i know but if i tried to make one i know me there will be alot of cursing for not being able to get it right lol

sethsgran

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.e28a2ad6d3341f8836eb9e2bd373a0a0?vgnextoid=42cacf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&autonomy_kw=gingerbread+house

nuttywoman

I made one last year & never again !!The roof broke as soon as i picked it up !! I burnt my fingers sticking it together with the melted sugar and left it overnight.When i got up the next morning it had major structural damage and had collapsed !
As you can see it turned out bad, in fact my dd called it " The Gingerbread Ghetto "




Oops ! pics come on twice lol

TudorRose

nuttywoman wrote: »

I made one last year & never again !!The roof broke as soon as i picked it up !! I burnt my fingers sticking it together with the melted sugar and left it overnight.When i got up the next morning it had major structural damage and had collapsed !
As you can see it turned out bad, in fact my dd called it " The Gingerbread Ghetto "




Oops ! pics come on twice lol

I had to laugh when I read this. Reminds me of when I made a train cake for DS nearly 30 years ago & as we were singing 'Happy Birthday' it fell off the rails made from liquorice strips.
I have bought a kit from Lidl to make a gingerbread house for my grandsons. You make only have to stick it together but I'm sure mine's going to look more like a tumbledown shack than a house.

nuttywoman

That was a kit from Ikea or Aldi lol

jcr16

wow , my kids would love this. i make ginger bread all the time. AS we all love it.

looks simple enough to make. might give this a whirl for xmas.

BEAT_THE_DEBT

Aldis do them if you havent got time or paitence lol.x