Easy to make, very messy but so much fun. This is a recipe that the whole family can help with. It is right up there with decorating the Christmas tree. Merry Christmas!

Ingredients:

6 Cups of All Purpose Flour

1 tsp of Baking Soda

½ tsp of Baking Powder

2 Sticks of Unsalted Butter

1 Cup of Dark Brown Sugar

4 tsp of Ground Ginger

4 tsp of Ground Cinnamon

1 ½ tsp of Salt

2 Large Eggs

1 ½ Cups of Molasses

For the Icing:

3 Egg whites

5 Cups of Powdered Sugar

How to Prepare:

Mix all the ingredients in a mixer, shape the dough as a ball then place in the fridge for one hour.

Find a template you like to use or make your own. I made my own simple template, here are the dimensions.

For the house: (2 Roof pieces 6 1/2″ by 7″ – 2 side pieces 3″ by 5″ – Front and back 5 1/2 ” bottom, 3″ side, 7 1/2″ height- Door 1 1/2″ width and 2 1/2″ height).

For the chimney: (Front 3″ by 1″- Back 1 1/2″ by 1″ – 2 sides 2 3/4″ by 1 1/2″ by 1″).

Roll out the dough to about a 1/4 inch thick and then cut it over your house template.

Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Take out of the oven and let the pieces cool down.

Prepare the royal icing by mixing  3 egg whites and 5 cups of powdered sugar.

Let the fun begin, shape, and decorate your house.

Tip: I used some can goods and spice containers to hold the pieces at some point until the icing dried and glued the house together.

I also made some gingerbread cookies and Christmas trees to decorate around the house from the left over dough.

My work area..

With my brother’s help

Messy Messy..

Keep holding until it dries out.

Ladies and Gentlemen We finally finished 🙂

The front.

The side.

The top.

The cookie

The tree.

The door.

The window.

The chimney.

The back.