Gingerbread House Roof Tips

Assemble the gingerbread house with the royal icing.

Gingerbread house roof tips.

I almost always use some sort of nut. Pecans are my favorite because they take up a lot of space and thus less of them are required. Allow your house to dry completely before you adhere the roof section. 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.

If you wish to place flameless tea lights or other lights inside your house now is the time before your roof goes on. Slivered almonds are what i like to use for chimneys. There are so many options when decorating the roof of a gingerbread house. Two maraschino cherries are the only extra dercorating item that is needed.

The gingerbread is rolled out and cut into two peaked pieces two sides and two roof sections and then baked. White icing holds the house together and adds some snow on the roof and on the tree at the doorway. Look at the way houses are made real houses and that s where you ll put the supports for the roof. The gingerbread icing is meant to harden so that it does it s job well.

Put the roof pieces side by side with the underside up and the eventual exposed part of the roof down.