Gingerbread houses

pug_in_a_bed

brilliant thanks all, love the gingerbread ghetto lol.

the first one i made was pre-made and we stuck it together and it was a but wonky to be honest, butyou can hide that with loads of sweets lol!

bbc one looks good, coming with a template and all.

Will defo have a go

mkgirl1981

i used this recipe http://www.waitrose.com/recipe/Gingerbread.aspx to make gingerbread and had alot of very positive comments from people who really liked the chritmas cookies i made
you can also get a basic house template here http://www.waitrose.com/assets/pdf/GingerbreadTemplate.pdf

RealButter

LJM wrote: »

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

found this may be worth a look

Wow thanks, that looks fab, and quite simple too. I will have a go at this for sure

stimpy27

TK Maxx have a gingerbread house set with cutters I believe - under a tenner. No ingredients included

pupsicola

I cant cook to save my life. If all else fails dont sweat making it yourself. Waitrose do a fab one for about a tenner.

scottishchick27

I bought the Aldi one and even with the cocktail sticks holding it together, it still collapsed. My other problem was finding a box to keep it in for it to stay fresh. I'm not gonna bother this year, will just make do with cookies.

cornishorchid

hi guys, this link is for the most amazing looking Gingerbread house! I will be attempting this this year, as long as i dont run out of time!
deliciousmagazine dot co dot uk/recipes/gingerbread-house-2 as i am a new user i am unable to post links, so hopefully you will be able to edit this!

and this one is much like the good food one, quite simple
deliciousmagazine dot co dot uk/recipes/gingerbread-house

boiler_man

I have bought the Ikea kit for several years. The first year it fell apart after following instructions and using a sugar solution to stick together. Since then I have just used icing at a piping consistancy to stick it together and all has been well! Got 2 more kits again this year - they were on offer at £2.25 each or 2 kits for £3.50.:j

phunkles

Do ikea have the kits definately in now?
Might have to venture to ikea this weekend now if they do

mustangsal

I have never attempted a gingerbread house, but had to reply. Every year without fail, my kids great aunt and uncle make a ginger bread house for each set of kids in the (large) family. You can easily see that a lot of time, effort and detail goes into them. And my kids spend far more time oohing and aahing over the gingerbread house than anything else they get over xmas. They love them! And they're different every year. I think it's just icing they use to "glue" it all together. but, decorate with sweets, buttons or something similar as roof shingles etc, and always a little gingerbread man inside.

So, maybe time consuming. But if you can get the hang of them, a worthwhile gift. and a beautiful table decoration! (not tha it lasts long enough to decorate anything in a house with 3 boys!):rotfl: