This three ingredient Gingerbread House icing will hold everything together perfectly! So easy to make!
Whether you decide to make a gingerbread house from scratch or you bought from the store, you need this recipe . My frosting for gingerbread house works so much better than the icing that comes with store-bought kits, and will make decorating day frustration free!
Gingerbread House decorating is one of my favorite holiday traditions! But the day can quickly go south if you bought a kit from the store. They are so easy to work with for the most part, but often they don’t give you enough icing and the icing you do get often doesn’t work great.
The perfect solution is this amazing Icing for Gingerbread Houses. It is made with three simple ingredients, and it works like the best edible glue on the planet. I made it to go with my gingerbread house recipe and gingerbread house template , but it is also perfect for saving the day with those store-bought kits.
What Makes this The Best Gingerbread House Icing
- It’s only three simple ingredients. And even better, you can keep all three ingredients on hand.
- You can make a batch of this gingerbread icing fast. This whips up in just under 10 minutes.
- It tastes delicious. I like this so much I even use it on my gingerbread cookies .
- I t dries quickly, making it perfect for construction and decoration. You will have plenty of time to pipe it before it dries, but you won’t have to wait hours for those house pieces to stick together.
Frosting for Gingerbread House Ingredients
As mentioned above, this comes together with three simple ingredients. You will want to scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full recipe card with measurements.
- Powdered Sugar: When measuring the powdered sugar, be sure to scoop it into the measuring cup and level it off. Do not pack the sugar.
- Cream of Tartar: This stabilizes the egg whites and keeps the proteins in it from sticking together, making for a perfectly smooth icing.
- Pasteurized Egg Whites: According to the USDA , “in-shell pasteurized eggs may be used safely without cooking.”
How to Make Gingerbread House Icing
This is a brief overview of how easy this recipe is. For the full recipe with all of the measurements, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post for the recipe card.
- Combine all of the ingredients. In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a handlheld mixer, mix everything until soft peaks start to form. In the picture below you can see the consistency you are looking for.
- Use the icing! This recipe works great when you spread it with a butter knife or when you use a piping bag.
Gingerbread House Recipe
How to Use Icing for Gingerbread Houses
As I mentioned, this is a great recipe to make even if your store-bought gingerbread house came with some. This works a million times better than what comes in the kits and will absolutely hold together those gingerbread house pieces. But of course, another great option is to make your own gingerbread houses.
A few years ago, I posted this great gingerbread house recipe. It comes with a ton of tips and tricks. I also have a great post with the template for the gingerbread house. You can print it out and use it to cut the dough to the exact right size.
If this gingerbread house recipe feels overwhelming, simply use graham crackers! Graham cracker houses make for great miniature houses and are quick to put together with this ice recipe.
Gingerbread House Template
Storing
Store your gingerbread house icing in the refrigerator for up to three days. Be sure to cover it. It can also be helpful to put a layer of plastic wrap right on the top of the frosting so it doesn’t get crusty.
Tips and Tricks for Gingerbread House Icing
- Double the recipe. I made a double batch when I made the house you see pictured here. I liked having enough that I could really go nuts with my decorating and not worry about running out, though I still had some left over.
- Keep the bowl covered. One of the upsides of this recipe is that it does harden pretty fast, making it perfect for construction. However, because of that you are going to want to keep the bowl covered when you aren’t using it so that you don’t get a crusty layer on top.
- Decorate first and then construct the house. If you are a perfectionist like me and need to win the decorating competition, decorate the pieces before constructing. This will keep everything in place without fighting gravity. When I’m doing this with my kids I construct and then let them decorate.
- Invest in a decorating set. I have a really inexpensive piping kit that comes with couplers (so you can switch out tips without using a new bag of frosting), three reusable piping bags, and multiple different sized tips. It came in really handy while using this royal icing for gingerbread houses. You can buy it here .
- Color the icing. It is easy to color this icing (you can see how I colored it green for the tree in the photos), but keep in mind that when you use traditional food coloring it does make the icing a bit more runny when you do that. It will dry just fine but it might not make as ornate details. To do that, you will want to use gel food coloring .
Affordable Decorating Set
If you make my gingerbread house icing or any of my other recipes, please leave me a comment to let me know what you think!
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Ingredients
- 1 pound powdered sugar (453.6 grams)
- 3 pasteurized egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the ingredients together on medium speed until it forms soft peaks.
- Use to put together gingerbread house recipe and for decorating.
- Keep covered when not using to prevent it from hardening.
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This three ingredient Gingerbread House icing will hold everything together perfectly! So easy to make!
Whether you decide to make a gingerbread house from scratch or you bought from the store, you need this recipe . My frosting for gingerbread house works so much better than the icing that comes with store-bought kits, and will make decorating day frustration free!
Gingerbread House decorating is one of my favorite holiday traditions! But the day can quickly go south if you bought a kit from the store. They are so easy to work with for the most part, but often they don’t give you enough icing and the icing you do get often doesn’t work great.
The perfect solution is this amazing Icing for Gingerbread Houses. It is made with three simple ingredients, and it works like the best edible glue on the planet. I made it to go with my gingerbread house recipe and gingerbread house template , but it is also perfect for saving the day with those store-bought kits.
What Makes this The Best Gingerbread House Icing
- It’s only three simple ingredients. And even better, you can keep all three ingredients on hand.
- You can make a batch of this gingerbread icing fast. This whips up in just under 10 minutes.
- It tastes delicious. I like this so much I even use it on my gingerbread cookies .
- I t dries quickly, making it perfect for construction and decoration. You will have plenty of time to pipe it before it dries, but you won’t have to wait hours for those house pieces to stick together.
Frosting for Gingerbread House Ingredients
As mentioned above, this comes together with three simple ingredients. You will want to scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full recipe card with measurements.
- Powdered Sugar: When measuring the powdered sugar, be sure to scoop it into the measuring cup and level it off. Do not pack the sugar.
- Cream of Tartar: This stabilizes the egg whites and keeps the proteins in it from sticking together, making for a perfectly smooth icing.
- Pasteurized Egg Whites: According to the USDA , “in-shell pasteurized eggs may be used safely without cooking.”
How to Make Gingerbread House Icing
This is a brief overview of how easy this recipe is. For the full recipe with all of the measurements, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post for the recipe card.
- Combine all of the ingredients. In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a handlheld mixer, mix everything until soft peaks start to form. In the picture below you can see the consistency you are looking for.
- Use the icing! This recipe works great when you spread it with a butter knife or when you use a piping bag.
Gingerbread House Recipe
How to Use Icing for Gingerbread Houses
As I mentioned, this is a great recipe to make even if your store-bought gingerbread house came with some. This works a million times better than what comes in the kits and will absolutely hold together those gingerbread house pieces. But of course, another great option is to make your own gingerbread houses.
A few years ago, I posted this great gingerbread house recipe. It comes with a ton of tips and tricks. I also have a great post with the template for the gingerbread house. You can print it out and use it to cut the dough to the exact right size.
If this gingerbread house recipe feels overwhelming, simply use graham crackers! Graham cracker houses make for great miniature houses and are quick to put together with this ice recipe.
Gingerbread House Template
Storing
Store your gingerbread house icing in the refrigerator for up to three days. Be sure to cover it. It can also be helpful to put a layer of plastic wrap right on the top of the frosting so it doesn’t get crusty.
Tips and Tricks for Gingerbread House Icing
- Double the recipe. I made a double batch when I made the house you see pictured here. I liked having enough that I could really go nuts with my decorating and not worry about running out, though I still had some left over.
- Keep the bowl covered. One of the upsides of this recipe is that it does harden pretty fast, making it perfect for construction. However, because of that you are going to want to keep the bowl covered when you aren’t using it so that you don’t get a crusty layer on top.
- Decorate first and then construct the house. If you are a perfectionist like me and need to win the decorating competition, decorate the pieces before constructing. This will keep everything in place without fighting gravity. When I’m doing this with my kids I construct and then let them decorate.
- Invest in a decorating set. I have a really inexpensive piping kit that comes with couplers (so you can switch out tips without using a new bag of frosting), three reusable piping bags, and multiple different sized tips. It came in really handy while using this royal icing for gingerbread houses. You can buy it here .
- Color the icing. It is easy to color this icing (you can see how I colored it green for the tree in the photos), but keep in mind that when you use traditional food coloring it does make the icing a bit more runny when you do that. It will dry just fine but it might not make as ornate details. To do that, you will want to use gel food coloring .
Affordable Decorating Set
If you make my gingerbread house icing or any of my other recipes, please leave me a comment to let me know what you think!
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Ingredients
- 1 pound powdered sugar (453.6 grams)
- 3 pasteurized egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the ingredients together on medium speed until it forms soft peaks.
- Use to put together gingerbread house recipe and for decorating.
- Keep covered when not using to prevent it from hardening.
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This Gingerbread House Template is exactly what you need to make a cute gingerbread house recipe . Print it off, and make gingerbread houses year after year.
If you are making a gingerbread house recipe from scratch this year, and I’m so excited that you are here and starting this great holiday tradition, a key to success is a good gingerbread house template.
I’ve created two different PDFs that you can print off to make the perfect little house. These are easy to use and will work perfectly with my gingerbread house recipe .
Using this Gingerbread House Template
Please note that there are some pieces of template that you will need to use twice. For example, there is only one cut out of the roof pieces of but you need to use it twice to get two roof pieces.
- Print the template of the four sides of the house. Click here to go to the pdf of the front/back and the sides and click print.
- Print the template for the roof and floor here. Click here to go to the pdf of the floor and roof and click print. Note that the floor is just to guide where the sides of the house go, you will not use it to cut dough.
- Cut out all of the template pieces.
- Use the templates to cut the dough. Place the template on top of the dough and using a sharp knife, trace them. Be mindful that it is easy for the paper to stick to the dough. You can make templates out of parchment paper or sprinkle a little flour between the dough and the paper. (See my post gingerbread house recipe for more tips and tricks.)
PRINTABLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE TEMPLATE PDF OF THE SIDES
PRINTABLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE TEMPLATE PDF OF THE ROOF AND FLOOR
The Best Gingerbread House Recipe
This template was designed to be used with my gingerbread house recipe. The amount of dough it makes is perfect to use with this gingerbread house template.
With this gingerbread house template printable you can make such a cute little gingerbread house. I like decorating mine before I put it all together.
Gingerbread House Recipe
Decorating Tips
I love using my recipe for gingerbread house icing with my gingerbread house recipe and this template. It dries quickly and works well to hold everything together.
One great tip to working with the icing and constructing the house is to decorate before you put it all together. You will save yourself from fighting with gravity.
Frosting for Gingerbread House
Just print it out, cut the pieces out, then place them on the dough (a layer of powdered sugar helps prevent it from sticking), and use a sharp knife to trace around the template pieces. Then bake the pieces.
The key to a sturdy gingerbread house is good gingerbread house icing and patience. It works best to put two pieces together, let them dry a little, and then add two more pieces. Allowing drying time between each step will make it very sturdy.
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Gingerbread House Icing
Ingredients
- 1 pound powdered sugar (453.6 grams)
- 3 pasteurized egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the ingredients together on medium speed until it forms soft peaks.
Use to put together gingerbread house recipe and for decorating.
Keep covered when not using to prevent it from hardening.
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