Tis the season for Martha Stewart and King Arthur Flour Gingerbread Houses. With free online stencils, making a gingerbread house from scratch is easy. Gingerbread house kits are even easier – no baking required, just decorate with candies and icing, and it's done.
The computer has certainly made things easier. Making gingerbread houses from scratch with free pritable templates and detailed instructions will have you admiring your own edible creation just in time for Christmas. From websites like Martha Stewart, who shows how pretty your houses can be, to King Arthur Flour Company with downloadable templates and directions, the online world for foodies can be a very valuable resource for creative bakers.
Martha Stewart's Gingerbread Houses
Martha's website has videos galore to help you visualise exactly how to go about building your own gingerbread houses. Martha makes it look so easy, but givien the right tools, it can be easy for anyone. You can make it real simple and just decorate the facade, or go all out and build a 3-D Snow-Swept Swedish Gingerbread Cottage.
- Re-create Your Own Home Out of Gingerbread – If you really want to be creative, you can make a Gingerbread House that looks just like your own home, complete with a fondant snowman.
- How to Assemble a Gingerbread House – Easy tutorials for fool-proof gingerbread houses. If there's a question, martha has answers.
- Sugared Candy Creations – Cute little decorations are easy to make.
- Christmas Candy Carolers – Made of jellied gumdrops, gummy worms and peppermint candies.
- No-Melt Snowmen – What's a gingerbread house without a snowman outside? Made out of fondant, this snowman will never melt.
King Arthur Flour Gingerbread Houses from Scratch
King Arthur Flour Company has been in the baking business for a very long time, and they know their stuff. When it comes to making gingerbread houses from scratch, there's no one else that could do a better job than King Arthur. Their How-To-Make a Gingerbread House recipe also has free templates and stencils, recipes for royal icing (the glue that holds a gingerbread house together), and the gingerbread cookie dough, plus many other tips and tricks. In fact, the free King Arthur Gingerbread House tutorial is one of the best online classes available. With full color photos, 14 page step-by-step directions, and lots of inside bakers' secrets, there's every chance your gingerbread house will come out absolutely perfect.
Gingerbread House Kits
If you're still afraid to tackle the gingerbread house baking on your own, consider buying a kit and decorating it instead. Gingerbread House Kits can be purchased from Sur La Table, Amazon, Wilton, Sears, Martha Stewart and many other online cake decorating shops. The gingerbread house kits come with pre-baked walls and roof, most of the decorations, pre-made icing, sprinkles, gels, candies and complete instructions.
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Written by Donna Diegel
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