Gluten Free Gingerbread House How To
Making gingerbread houses at the holidays is a treasured memory for many of us; don't let celiac or food allergies get in the way! This adorable Gluten Free Gingerbread House recipe and how-to will get everyone in the kitchen to have fun making more yummy memories!
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Equipment
Spectrum Naturals Organic Shortening, All Vegetable, 24 oz
gfJules All Purpose Gluten Free Flour
gfJules Gluten Free Graham Cracker Gingerbread Mix
Ingredients
Mix
- 1 gfJules Graham Cracker/Gingersnap Mix + follow directions to make dough
OR From-Scratch Recipe
- 3/4 cup shortening (e.g Spectrum Organic Palm Oil Shortening or coconut oil
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 cup brown sugar or coconut palm sugar
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups gfJules All-Purpose Gluten Free Flour
- 1 cup white rice flour
- 1/2 cup buckwheat or brown rice flour
- dash of salt
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. ground cloves
- 1/2 cup+ cold water
Instructions
- Follow package directions for gfJules Gluten Free Graham Cracker/Gingerbread Mix.
- OR
- Beat together the first four ingredients listed above in one large bowl, and mix all of the remaining dry ingredients in another bowl. Slowly stir the dry mixture into the first bowl, adding water if and as necessary to create a consistency such that you could make a ball with the dough and it is no longer crumbly.
- Cover and refrigerate dough until cold if very sticky.
- Preheat oven to 325º F for static ovens, 300º F for convection.
- If using template, use three 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper and measure out shapes as pictured, according to inches noted. Cut around the shapes so you have one for the sides; one for the front/back; one for the roof. Lay onto rolled dough and cut out two roof pieces; two front/back pieces; two sides. (Otherwise, simply use cutters to cut out large house pieces or many mini gingerbread houses.)
- Roll one half of the cold dough onto a surface liberally dusted with gfJules All Purpose Flour. The dough should make a large 1/8 – 1/4 inch thick rectangle. Do not roll the dough too thin, or the sides of the house might break.
- Lay templates over the dough and cut with a pizza cutter or butter knife. Repeat with remaining dough until two roofs, two front/back sides, and two sides are cut.
- Use remaining dough to cut trees, gingerbread people or other designs. Place cut pieces onto parchment-lined cookie sheets and bake in preheated oven for 19 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned, but not getting hard. (For mini gingerbread houses, bake for only 15 minutes and check the house pieces for done-ness so they do not burn.)
- Remove to fully cool on wire racks.
- Make 1 recipe of White Frosting or Royal Icing (whip 1 2/3 sifted confectioner's sugar together with 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar and 1 egg white or vegan meringue powder*) to “glue” the house pieces together and to a base, and to adhere any candies or **edible decorations to the house.
Video
Notes
TEMPLATE NOTES: Use three 8 1/2 x 11 pieces of paper and measure out shapes as pictured, according to inches noted. Cut around the shapes so you have one for the sides; one each for the front/back; one for each side of the roof. Lay onto rolled dough and cut out two roof pieces; two front/back pieces; two sides. Use extra dough for chimney pieces, gingerbread men, other decorations or extra cookies.
Also see visual above regarding cutting a piece of parchment to "glue" to the underside of the two roof pieces to keep them from sliding down the gingerbread house!
**Gluten Free Sprinkles
Gluten Free Dye-Free Peppermint Candy Canes
Gluten Free Peppermint Sticks
Gluten Free Peppermint Hard Candy
Necco Candy
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.