Gingerbread House Roof Shingles

To attach the gingerbread shingles to the roof pipe a thick line of royal icing directly on the roof.

Gingerbread house roof shingles. Make your own gingerbread house with tasty looking frosted octagon shingles or make a crazy cooky cottage with shingles that come in all colors of the rainbow. Ever since the brothers grimm published the tale of two lost and hungry kids coming across a gingerbread cottage in the woods families have been building gingerbread houses together during the holidays. Try these fun ideas for candy roofing materials. Apply the circles one at a time to the icing.

See more ideas about roof roof shingles shingling. Premium cookie shingles provide the authentic look of a wood shingle roof with all the yumminess of gingerbread. Put 1 2 cup hot water in a small glass bowl. Nov 30 2016 gingerbread house roof shingles more.

Candy wafers tutorial make your own gingerbread house shingles recipe for candy wafer dough. You can make gingerbread house shingles for either the roof or the house siding using sticks of gum glued together with royal icing or one of the edible clays like fondant or marzipan rolled out thin and then cut into the desired shingle shape. See our edible clays page for more info. Remove the largest section cover it.

Make a thick log of dough and slice it into six sections. Pipe another line of icing just above the first row and add more circles this time offsetting the circles so that each circle is centered where the two circles below touch. Apr 8 2018 explore tuocs 11 s board roofs residential gingerbread styles on pinterest. Sprinkle the packet of powdered gelatin over.

Made entirely from gingerbread this row of houses weighs about 80 pounds and measures 28 inches by 18 inches by 18 inches. Vary the colors for extra appeal. The gingerbread house roof is the most visible part of the creation. The roof is made from sour red belts which give a beautiful look of red shingles with a line of sixlets giving a playful vibe of powered christmas lights.

These artisan crafted shingles are hand cut from extra thick gingerbread layers resulting in a highly dimensional cookie shingle with distinct shadow lines and texture. Some of these roofing materials may be plain to start out with but that just leaves you more room to add your own personal touches. The houses feature shiplap and individual pastillage shingles. It took a more than two months to build.

The spider is optional. Round or rectangular candy can be layered as shingles.