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If some sugar dribbled down your walls while you were putting on the roof, just wait until it cools slightly and peel it off. Or, cover it with candies, which is probably easier. I put about a half cup of granulated sugar in a heavy bottomed skillet over medium-high heat.
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Once completely cool, if the gingerbread houses are still slightly domed on the bottom, no worries! Trim the bottoms with a serrated knife so the houses have a level surface. You can make a dozen cakes for a family or neighborhood gingerbread house decorating party, and no one will ever know that they are gluten-free, unless you tell them. Back to how easy these gingerbread house mini-cakes are.
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Your gingerbread cake will actually taste good. No inedible gingerbread-that-tastes-like-cardboard here. This one is so good that we have thrown a mini-party with the kids’ friends to eat the gingerbread house. No way that’s happening with the old, boxed, gluten-full, gingerbread house. There are a few ways you can make royal icing.
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I have a separate post with my recipe for a large, gluten-free gingerbread house with traditional gingerbread flavors, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and molasses. Then make marks on all four sides that are at the 4 inch point and make 4 even squares. Transfer the pieces to a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Use your piping bag to squeeze icing into any space between the gingerbread pieces. For this piece (I’m working with the roof pieces here.), there was excess dough between the two roof pieces. To make this house you’ll need A gingerbread house template – I used this one by the BBC (minus the chimney parts) which you can download and print.
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Now for the sad part – they were temporarily closed when we were in town, so we actually didn’t get to eat here, which we were both very sad about. We were 100% prepared to eat the family basket between the two of us in one sitting. This place is in The Row DTLA, which is in the Arts District near downtown and is worth a visit in its own right. Pikunico serves up gluten free fried chicken – Japanese style. Otherwise known as “karaage.” The fried chicken itself is gluten free – no shared fryers to worry about here (just make sure to check this hasn’t changed).
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Once you've printed the template, cut out the 6 shapes (2 end pieces + 4 side/roof pieces) along the black lines. Make and roll out the dough according to the recipe instructions below. Then, place the paper shapes on top of the dough, and slice around them with a sharp knife. Of all the solutions to the gluten-free gingerbread house dilemma, the only option that might possibly be easier is buying a kit. Of course, with a kit, you still have to assemble the side walls and roof pieces. (Ignore my thumbprint on the roof. It adds…character!) Now you have a blank canvas.
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The first time, we attempted to use gingerbread house baking tray molds which made large gingerbread cookie walls that were glued together with icing. It was cute and included extra gingerbread decorations, like a sled, children, and a snowman. However, I found it difficult to assemble a sturdy house with such large gingerbread pieces. The kids still had a blast decorating it, but it was a lot of work and did not survive the drive home. After the pieces had baked and cooled I started decorating the house pieces with thick icing made from Wholesome Sweetener’s Organic Powdered Sugar .
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You can use meringue powder or you can use egg whites. Both will give you a really great glue that will hold up all your decorations, and dry quite quickly. The trick to a great thick royal icing, is being sure to beat it long enough. I use my stand mixer with a whisk attachment for this, and beat it on medium-high speed for 7-10 minutes. This part doesn’t need to be difficult, and there is no need to pull your hair out doing it. My friend, who used to build gingerbread creations every Christmas, told me a tip years ago, and I’ve done it ever since.
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If you’d like to make a smaller gingerbread house, you can do that by printing at a smaller % (like 80% for a house that’s 80% of the size of mine). If your baking flour does not contain xanthan gum, an important binder in gluten-free baking, add 3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum, per the recipe directions. Place the filled gingerbread village pan on a baking sheet for stability and bake for approximately 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of each house comes out clean.
This is my new favorite way to make a gluten free gingerbread house. Because it can be so hard to describe the assembly using words, I knew a short how-to video of my assembling a house was the way to go. They have a variety of different wots (stews) and salads to choose from that you’ll scoop up with pieces of injera, which I always enjoy. There’s something appealing to me about eating with your hands – tacos, arepas, injera, etc. The Kik (curry split peas) and Yatakilt (curried potatoes, carrots, and cabbage) were the standouts for us in terms of food.
They make everything from scratch, including sauces, which is where the gluten usually hides in Korean food. I can confidently say that eating gluten free in Los Angeles is EASY. I attached the final wall, roof and little front porch overhang and I used pieces of white candy canes for the porch columns. After everything was trimmed up I transferred the pieces to flat baking sheets, parchment and all.
First, you will need to decide what you will use to build your house on. A cake board works great, as does a (seldom used) cutting board or baking sheet. Just be sure that it is rigid enough that you will be able to move your house without it sliding off. Getting to choose your own candy is one of the best things about making a gingerbread house from scratch! I loved seeing all of the creative ways the kids used their candy to decorate.
Buttercream frosting is ALWAYS an option. You are decorating a cake you are going to eat after all! I love this delicious and simple buttercream frosting recipe from Betty Crocker. When my kids came along, we soon had the yearly tradition of attending a gingerbread house decorating event, always with the boxed houses.
You can buy gingerbread house kits with cutters but honestly, making this only requires a few bits of simple kit. And you can also buy royal icing sugar which has the egg white powder already mixed in. I choose to make royal icing with icing sugar and egg white powder.
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