This cute "gingerbread" house is just what you need to make for the holidays!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, gingerbread, gingerbread house
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 14 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour14 minutesminutes
Servings 1house
Ingredients
Chocolate Gingerbread
1 1/2cupsgranulated sugar
3/4cupsalted butter, softened
1/4cupdark corn syrup
2eggs
1tspvanilla
2/3cupcocoa
1/4tsp baking powder
1/2tspsalt
3-3 1/2cupsflour
Windows
Clear crystal mint candies
Royal Icing
1 1/2cupspowdered sugar
1-2tbsp warm water
1/2tbsplight corn syrup
1/4tspvanilla
Instructions
Dough
Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, and corn syrup to mixer. Mix at low speed until fully blended. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, one cup at a time with your mixer on low, until all are incorporated. Separate your dough into 3 equal balls. Roll out each ball to about a 1/4" thickness between sheets of wax paper. Then chill these "flats" of dough for at least an hour before baking. Line your baking pans with parchment paper. Use gingerbread house cookie cutters to cut out the cookies. Cut out 2 house fronts, 2 house sides, and 2 roof tops. for the chimney, cut out 2 side chimney pieces and the front and back piece. Place into the freezer until ready to bake.Unwrap several clear candies (about 1 cup) and place in a plastic zip bag. Close the bag and crush the candies by using a hammer or the handle of a knife. bang the candies until fully crushed. Remove the cut out dough from the freezer. Add about 1 tablespoon of crushed candy into each window. Be sure that there is enough candy to completely fill the windows without leaving any gaps. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-14 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Place icing in a piping bag with a small round tip. Follow the instructions of the gingerbread house kit that you have to put it together, by using the icing as a "glue" to hold the sides together.Let the house dry completely, at minimum of overnight.
Royal Icing
In a small bowl, combine warm water, light corn syrup, and extract. Stir until corn syrup is dissolved. Add sugar water to powdered sugar and stir until completely combined. Mixture will be thick. Add water more water if needed little by little. Place icing in a piping bag with a small round tip. Decorate each cookie to your liking.