Using Melted Sugar / Caramel – Dip the edge of the house panel into melted sugar. Keep an eye on it as it will start to caramelize quickly. Heat on medium heat until sugar is completely melted. Prepare Melted Sugar Glue – pour 3 – 4 cups granulated sugar into a heavy stainless steel pot. In a humid climate, overtime melted sugar glue will start to weep. Because the bond is pretty much instant there is literally no room for error when aligning the panels. I find this method very effective and useful for certain projects but it is not without disadvantages. Melted sugar/caramel creates a strong bond instantly. This ensures that panels are not leaning one way or another and roof is not sliding down. It is also a good idea to support house panels while icing is drying with small bottles or skewers. Then I glue on the roof panels and let the house dry overnight. If the house has a chimney I assemble the chimney. First I assemble the base house panels (front, back and sides). It is best to glue the gingerbread house in steps. It should be medium stiff, with a peak that bends slightly. If you are using icing that is too stiff it won’t stick to the panels and because of it there will be a weak bond. Glue Royal Icing consistency is also very important. Allow this time for the icing to dry completely. Thicker application of icing will take longer to dry. Royal icing takes 6-8 hours and up to 12 hours to fully dry. This quality gives you a little more time to adjust house panels and angles of house panels as needed. Royal icing doesn’t harden instantly, it takes time for it to dry. Be sure to use thick royal icing to glue gingerbread house panels. Royal Icing – can be prepared using my Fresh Lemon Royal Icing Recipe. Temperamental and I only use it for projects that don’t require long term
However for a gingerbread houses and long term displayed It works well with smallĬenterpieces and such. Melted sugar bond is pretty much instant. It creates a strong bond that can last for years. My preferred choice of glue to use for Gingerbread houses and decorations is Royal Icing. To glue cookies together you can use 2 edible mediums.
It looks something like this before I glue the house panels I usually decorate my house panels before assembling the house. Difference is that honey cookie dough bakes very slightly domed. I’d recommend my Honey-Gingerbread Cookie Dough instead of construction gingerbread cookie dough. Also if your rather make a basic house that you can later nibble on.Your gingerbread house is already built and you can just have fun decorating it with candies, sprinkles and such. This route is especially practical if you are for example having a gingerbread house decorating party.Here is an example – Edible Simple Gingerbread House.If you are using candies, chocolates and other edibles to decorate I’d suggest to build the house first and then use thick royal icing to glue the decorations onto the house.Using flooding technique and piping delicate patterns it is best to decorate cookies first and then build the house. If you plan on decorating each house panel with royal icing.You can build a house before you decorate or you can firstĭecorate each house panels and then build the house. Now that you’ve got your house panels baked and cooled you
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