How To Make Gingerbread House Roof

Then carefully start attaching the gum to the roof allowing the frosting to act as a glue.

How to make gingerbread house roof.

Let cool and then rub powdered sugar on the thatched roof pieces. Two rectangles 3 by 5 1 2 inches for the roof. Place a long gingerbread house side in the other bead of royal icing. Instead of four walls and a roof a gingerbread house facade.

Hold for a few seconds and release. Set the gingerbread house gable side in the bead of royal icing. Cut out the following paper patterns for the gingerbread house template. Cut into 1x2 inch pieces to create a gingerbread house roof.

The gingerbread house facade. While holding the pieces with one hand run a bead of royal icing up the seam making sure all gaps are covered. 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. With every row that you add let the tile slightly overlap the row of tiles below.

Bake as directed in the recipe. Start at the bottom of one side of the roof. Rolling cutting and baking all the pieces. Building a gingerbread house doesn t have to be a complicated affair but one thing it does require is time.

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. To start applying your gum tiles squeeze two rows of frosting for every row of tiles.