Gingerbread House Roof Tips

The gingerbread icing is meant to harden so that it does it s job well.

Gingerbread house roof tips.

Put the roof pieces side by side with the underside up and the eventual exposed part of the roof down. There are so many options when decorating the roof of a gingerbread house. If you wish to place flameless tea lights or other lights inside your house now is the time before your roof goes on. The icing is one of the most important components of your gingerbread house.

Pecans are my favorite because they take up a lot of space and thus less of them are required. Slivered almonds are what i like to use for chimneys. Assemble the gingerbread house with the royal icing. It s used to hold the house together to glue your colorful candies into place and can be used as a stand alone decoration when piped onto roofs and such.

White icing holds the house together and adds some snow on the roof and on the tree at the doorway. I almost always use some sort of nut. Two maraschino cherries are the only extra dercorating item that is needed. Make beams out of gingerbread and support the roof with that she says.

The gingerbread is rolled out and cut into two peaked pieces two sides and two roof sections and then baked.