How To Make Gingerbread House Roof

When the gingerbread comes out of the oven and is still piping hot and soft use a sharp knife to score lines in the cookies.

How to make gingerbread house roof.

Two rectangles 3 by 5 1 2 inches for the roof. Cut into 1x2 inch pieces to create a gingerbread house roof. With every row that you add let the tile slightly overlap the row of tiles below. Let cool and then rub powdered sugar on the thatched roof pieces.

Bake as directed in the recipe. While holding the pieces with one hand run a bead of royal icing up the seam making sure all gaps are covered. Set the gingerbread house gable side in the bead of royal icing. Start at the bottom of one side of the roof.

Two rectangles 3 by 5 inches to make the front and back of the house. Roll out some gingerbread dough and cut into strips slightly wider than the roof of the gingerbread house. Building a gingerbread house doesn t have to be a complicated affair but one thing it does require is time. Place a long gingerbread house side in the other bead of royal icing.

Then carefully start attaching the gum to the roof allowing the frosting to act as a glue. Cut out the following paper patterns for the gingerbread house template. Gingerbread house roof made of chocolate fondant serrate each fondant piece with a toothpick or the back of a knife to begin making the roof. To start applying your gum tiles squeeze two rows of frosting for every row of tiles.

Hold for a few seconds and release. The gingerbread house facade.