{"id":13084,"date":"2018-12-11T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sincerelymariedesigns.com\/?p=13084"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:05:08","slug":"homemade-colonial-gingerbread-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sincerelymariedesigns.com\/homemade-colonial-gingerbread-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Colonial Gingerbread House"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s tradition on our home each year to make a gingerbread house. This year I made one that’s extra special! Here’s my how-to for our homemade colonial gingerbread house.<\/em><\/h2>\n

I’m so glad you’re joining me for Season’s Simplicity – Christmas recipes! Our host, Krista from The Happy Housie<\/a> asked us to share a festive recipe today and I thought it would be the perfect time to share my family’s gingerbread house. Each year my family makes a gingerbread house, sometimes more than one. For a couple of years now I’ve wanted to try my hand at making our colonial home out of gingerbread. This year I was feeling pretty confident and decided, why not?<\/p>\n

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I used an adapted recipe from Food Network that I’ve used for years to make gingerbread cookies. This recipe creates a very rich, dark gingerbread. The smell of the gingerbread while baking is amazing. It’ll have your entire home smelling like Christmas!<\/p>\n

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I also tried my hand at making window glass out of melted sugar. It was actually easier than I thought it would be. I don’t know why I didn’t try to make them before. I love the warm color and when you place a candle behind them they give off the prettiest glow.<\/p>\n

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The gingerbread recipe and royal icing are both very simple. I’ve always had great luck with them both. This recipe is enough for the roof and three sides. I left the back off of my house so that I could put two battery powdered candles inside the house from the back. The soft glow in the evenings makes it even more special.<\/p>\n\n

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