How to Make an Epic Gingerbread House from Scratch / baking + building tips, recipe, template & more

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  • Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
  • Let's make an amazing gingerbread house together! This tedious but fun classic Christmas craft is doable with some planning and a little help, and that's where I hope to come in. I've got all the tips and tricks to help you make a beautiful little gingerbread house this season. Plus, if you like the design of mine, I have a full guide with recommendations, templates and recipes all compiled into a PDF linked below. Or, if you just want to watch a little gingerbread sketch transform into a 3D house, then enjoy the entertainment! Remember to always be careful when decorating especially while using sharp tools and have an amazing time ❤️🎄
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  • @thewonderingmind
    @thewonderingmind  7 месяцев назад +7

    If you like this video, you might also enjoy my other DIY ideas for a more sustainable Christmas decorations and more 🥰🎄
    ruclips.net/video/xZ8AjojHdg0/видео.html

    • @wendymtzc
      @wendymtzc 7 месяцев назад

      I need help accessing the download, will the link be sent to my email?

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  7 месяцев назад

      @@wendymtzc Yes, it should be sent to your email! If you have any trouble, please respond to the confirmation email you received after your purchase and I will make sure you have no issues! Make sure to check your spam as well :)

  • @elnywidjaja9885
    @elnywidjaja9885 Год назад +55

    Wonderful ginger bread you had there. Just input, don't whip butter for more than 20-30 sec as the cookies will be puffed up and eventually the house design is gonna be ruined

    • @jesshallock5346
      @jesshallock5346 7 месяцев назад +7

      Does whipping butter help a cookie be fluffier? So, not good for something like gingerbread but maybe good for other kinds of cookies?

  • @igelkott3522
    @igelkott3522 Год назад +63

    Lovely! I noticed that on of the edges of the dough had lifted on one of the bigger pieces. A tip to prevent this is to put another baking sheet on top of the dough after you take it out of the oven, the weight will keep it flat :)

    • @fannyfreckle
      @fannyfreckle 7 месяцев назад +1

      Oh, great tip for keeping the house pieces flat…thank you!

  • @JordanVanRyn
    @JordanVanRyn 7 месяцев назад +13

    I wanna say that I applaud your talent and time you put into this beautiful gingerbread house! It deserves all the awards!

  • @trash2638
    @trash2638 7 месяцев назад +2

    this is the prettiest gingerbread house ive seen!

  • @lauriestump7134
    @lauriestump7134 7 месяцев назад +1

    The most beautiful gingerbread house I’ve ever seen! And your calm patient teaching even helps me believe I could do it. Thank you so much!

  • @amber4amber
    @amber4amber Год назад +3

    The house is so beautiful! Stunning....💚

  • @adbarrett5498
    @adbarrett5498 9 месяцев назад +1

    What an absolutely adorable, cozy little house! Love love love! I am definitely going to make this and can not wait. Love the window idea!
    Thank you for sharing! Would love more videos like this...

  • @Horsesrmylove
    @Horsesrmylove Год назад +19

    Your gingerbread house is so incredible! Your talent and teaching abilities are amazing!!

  • @margaret_race_artist
    @margaret_race_artist Год назад +15

    Congratulations. What a beautiful little house. Your artistry is inspiring - all the filigree and fine detail. Your narration is also engaging - calm, patient, and encouraging. This felt like the creation of a little fairy tale world.

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад +1

      Wow thank you so much! That is the best compliment 🥰 I was definitely going for little fairy tale world! So glad you enjoyed, take care 😊

  • @soapzuds4542
    @soapzuds4542 6 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful!!

  • @jessicagrigg2011
    @jessicagrigg2011 6 месяцев назад

    I love the idea of using gelatin sheets for the windows. What a genius idea! I've seen so many people struggle with isomalt and other baking things to try to make windows. I think they look amazing and save you from so much hassle. Thanks for sharing your awesome ideas! ❤

  • @user-cg5un2zd4s
    @user-cg5un2zd4s 9 месяцев назад +3

    The level of details are really impressive! Specially with all that patience, congrats for such a beautiful artwork!

  • @bevann0312
    @bevann0312 6 месяцев назад +1

    Marvellous!!!

  • @alexandramartineau3585
    @alexandramartineau3585 7 месяцев назад +8

    Thank you SO much for the tutorial and the plan. It took me 2 days but the results are incredible!! I looooooooove it

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  7 месяцев назад

      So glad you tried it out and it went well!! yay!

  • @martiscruggs3473
    @martiscruggs3473 7 месяцев назад +1

    Such a pretty house and so worth the minimal expense to get the pdf. Thank you! I did find the dough REALLY stuck to the parchment, but when I rolled it out on a silpat, It didn't stick at all. Can't wait to decorate.

  • @sacredbirthjourney741
    @sacredbirthjourney741 Год назад +3

    This is the most beautiful gingerbread house I’ve ever scene! Thank you for the thorough instructions. I can’t wait to make one!!!❤

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Aw thank you so much!! I hope you have fun with it ☺️

  • @nonoyaballe2611
    @nonoyaballe2611 8 месяцев назад

    Absolutely beautiful ❤️

  • @susanmurray9809
    @susanmurray9809 7 месяцев назад +1

    What a wonderful video! You’re inspiring me, and probably many others, with your artistry! Have a lovely holiday! ❤️

  • @Missauthentic716
    @Missauthentic716 11 месяцев назад

    Gorgeous!

  • @dorrainecrump3396
    @dorrainecrump3396 8 месяцев назад

    That was beautiful, and it was enjoyable to watch you put that together.

  • @goodfruit111
    @goodfruit111 7 месяцев назад

    Stunning!

  • @demetrifrost2546
    @demetrifrost2546 7 месяцев назад

    love the detail in the icing and how you built it! love love love it! Great job .w.

  • @GLRDesignsdotcom
    @GLRDesignsdotcom 7 месяцев назад +1

    GORGEOUS!!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @luscarborough5779
    @luscarborough5779 7 месяцев назад

    Beautifully done.

  • @Celinesark
    @Celinesark Год назад +1

    So beautiful ❤

  • @mariaastorga7758
    @mariaastorga7758 Год назад +2

    Your gingerbread house turn out so beautiful. ❤️

  • @emi-nb9jm
    @emi-nb9jm Год назад +3

    This is absolutely amazing! You are so talented and have wicked details on your gingerbread house!

  • @vikimoody8783
    @vikimoody8783 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful x100! You taught so well and did such a brilliant job. Thank you.

  • @janiec3915
    @janiec3915 Год назад +3

    Thank you for creating this beautiful gingerbread house and sharing it with us. I don't think I'll get the chance to make one this year but I'll definitely make time for it next year. Merry Christmas! 🎄☃️

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад +1

      I appreciate you watching it!! Thanks and have a lovely Christmas :)

  • @katyabobrova3902
    @katyabobrova3902 7 месяцев назад +1

    Что может быть лучше дома, который ты можешь съесть? Только дом, в котором ты будешь жить! Ну а это - просто шедевр!
    Many thanks to the author! You have proved to me that a masterpiece can be created from anything, the main thing is to know how 💖

  • @gamountainbluebird5475
    @gamountainbluebird5475 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful!

  • @twins9506
    @twins9506 Год назад +3

    Love your work❤

  • @doesntevenliketomatoes
    @doesntevenliketomatoes Год назад +2

    This is stunning!

  • @celestialynx
    @celestialynx 8 месяцев назад

    It’s beautiful, true piece of art! I love the details - the roof must have taken a long time!

  • @saharnoble2928
    @saharnoble2928 Год назад +1

    beautiful work.

  • @freyashipley6556
    @freyashipley6556 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful! I love your icicles!

  • @maryfrancessullivan1170
    @maryfrancessullivan1170 6 месяцев назад

    What a wonderful teaching video. You are an excellent teacher and you give so many great tips and suggestions along the way. I’m so glad that I found this video on YTube, because the only previous experience I have had with making and decorating a gingerbread house was with a cheap kit that I found at my local drugstore. I purchased one of these premade kits at the last minute as a fun project to do with one of my clients. I am a caregiver for older seniors and I am constantly looking for fun projects for us to do together. This is not only fun, but it also keeps their minds stimulated and gives them something fulfilling to accomplish. Anyway, this premade kit was I thought a good idea, but it turned out frustratingly difficult because it kept falling apart due to the icing that came with the kit being too thin to hold everything together! And I realized too late that we should have decorated each section separately, let them dry/harden first, and then put them together using a better quality icing. Oh well, you live and you learn! Thanks again for the very enjoyable video. I will have to definitely attempt this again, but from scratch and not a cheap kit! Merry Christmas to you and your family from a new subscriber!😄🎄🎁🎅🕊️🎄

  • @robreyescosme6902
    @robreyescosme6902 6 месяцев назад

    Excellent work... Thank you for sharing your ideas and technic... I have made several houses.. but I will use your technic for next Christmas..

  • @jtelke
    @jtelke 7 месяцев назад

    We just purchased the pdf! Excited to try this!

  • @helenjohnson7021
    @helenjohnson7021 8 месяцев назад

    I LOVE THIS!!❤❤❤

  • @jillygee7735
    @jillygee7735 Год назад

    That is BEAUTIFUL!! Will be ordering my template and directions today, thank you so much!!!

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Aw thank you so much!! 🥰🥰 i hope you guys have a great time making it ❤️

  • @user-ut5gk3xg1t
    @user-ut5gk3xg1t 6 месяцев назад

    This is the most beautiful house I've ever seen, I'd like to make one for myself

  • @samderbyshire5434
    @samderbyshire5434 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful x

  • @stephiet557
    @stephiet557 9 месяцев назад +1

    Just bought this template and I can’t wait until early December when I make it! I like it so much I may make it twice !

  • @s.r.2996
    @s.r.2996 Год назад

    Wow!!! This is so incredible, I honestly cannot even believe the level of detail 😍 this is seriously so amazing! I am excited to buy the PDF!!!!

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Eeek thank you so much!! I hope you have a lot of fun with it, let me know how it goes ❤️

  • @stefanygarcia4920
    @stefanygarcia4920 7 месяцев назад

    That deserves more than a 👍🏽. It deserves a ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @aslsener7900
    @aslsener7900 6 месяцев назад

    OMG, I love it!!! So magical 🌠🌠

  • @seraphime86
    @seraphime86 Год назад +1

    Wow, absolutely amazing. 😍👏👏

  • @archerpiperii2690
    @archerpiperii2690 7 месяцев назад

    Incredible work! Thank you for sharing your process.
    Phoenix, AZ

  • @trishbrown3285
    @trishbrown3285 9 месяцев назад

    This is gorgeous, and inspirational and so clearly described. I do wonder how you got the top royal icing to stand up thought. Thanks for a job well done.

  • @marylasere5660
    @marylasere5660 Год назад +1

    Beautiful great job thank you for sharing

  • @pps07
    @pps07 Год назад +1

    i love that i found this!!! I've been struggling to make a gingerbread house ahaha.. Also the PDF looks super helpful👍 excited to try this out

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Thanks so much!! I know gingerbread houses can be tough. I hope this makes everything easier 😊 best of luck!!!

  • @DennisIsbell
    @DennisIsbell 7 месяцев назад

    That is amazing!!!

  • @kimcunningham2107
    @kimcunningham2107 Год назад

    Wowza!!! VERY professional!!! You are truly talented. ❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️🎄

  • @leekelly4574
    @leekelly4574 Год назад +1

    This needs more views!

  • @Mimulus2717
    @Mimulus2717 Год назад +3

    Thanks!

  • @dianehill6126
    @dianehill6126 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing and beautiful

  • @stormseas
    @stormseas Год назад +1

    loveee this

  • @WanderingNature
    @WanderingNature 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing ♥️♥️♥️

  • @mrswifflewaffle1111
    @mrswifflewaffle1111 Год назад +1

    Wow so beautiful I love it! 💖💖💖💖

  • @sacreahbecerra8595
    @sacreahbecerra8595 Год назад

    You are so creative and talented!

  • @bethanyhynes388
    @bethanyhynes388 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much!!! This is soooooo COOOOOOOOL ❤❤❤

  • @leonardbeatrice2387
    @leonardbeatrice2387 9 месяцев назад

    bonsoir elle est magnifique votre maison en pain d'épice j'adore avec les petits détaille c'est super félicitation

  • @jill552
    @jill552 Год назад +1

    Great video. I’m making one next year after watching your instructions.

  • @monikagrundova9657
    @monikagrundova9657 Год назад +2

    I wanna live there!

  • @katrineleber7238
    @katrineleber7238 9 месяцев назад

    Wow! Hugs, treen 🎄🎄🎄💕💕💕💕

  • @creamypeanutbutter7769
    @creamypeanutbutter7769 7 месяцев назад

    This is my first time watching one of your videos. I’ve been in the Christmas mood and I’ve been watching Christmas dessert baking, gingerbread house making, and cookie decorating videos. Your video got recommended to me and when I saw the thumbnail with the icicles and the designs on the gingerbread house, I had to watch. I wasn’t expecting to see you sitting down and talking in front the camera about your whole process, but I enjoyed listening. I love the way you wrote in your script. I also found it interesting that you created your design digitally. You put so much thought and effort into making your house perfect and I’m just amazed by your process and the outcome. The house came out beautifully. The design is something I don’t normally see for gingerbread houses. The henna inspired design is so cool to see here. Keep up the great work.

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  7 месяцев назад

      So kind, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it and hope it helped get you into the Christmas mood :)

    • @creamypeanutbutter7769
      @creamypeanutbutter7769 7 месяцев назад

      @@thewonderingmind it definitely did! Thank you!

  • @Mimulus2717
    @Mimulus2717 Год назад +1

    WOW! this is stunning! your piping skills are next level. I am definitely too lazy to make this myself, but I sure enjoyed watching you make one!

  • @llamasir
    @llamasir Год назад +1

    Nice tutorial! Will definitely be trying this wish me luck!

  • @lizreeves9681
    @lizreeves9681 Год назад

    Beautiful 😍

  • @Aquarellina
    @Aquarellina Год назад +1

    This video is absolute perfection. Everything is presented in such a great way. The music is right, the cooking process is simple and clear with great advice. The tempo is great (I never get bored in fact I had to pause the video to leave this comment). Lastly, your eye for detail and perfectionism really show through + you have great style. Amazing!

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Wow, thank you for such a kind compliment!! I appreciate you noticing all of that :) so glad you enjoyed and happy holidays!

  • @nicolemirza-stimson
    @nicolemirza-stimson Год назад +15

    Wow this is incredibly incredible, I want to make a gingerbread house with my 10-year-old daughter. I have a bad feeling we may be starting too late if it's to take to her gingerbread celebration on Friday afternoon, ugh.

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад +2

      Thank you so much!! You know, if you prepped and baked the pieces for her during the day or evening previous, she could probably have time to put it together and decorate :) or, you can always just roll out the dough, cut out gingerbread men or other shapes and decorate those! That’s a lot quicker and still very cute :)

    • @toniesolomon
      @toniesolomon 10 месяцев назад

      beautiful ginger bread house I wish it was available as free download

  • @mariborries534
    @mariborries534 7 месяцев назад +1

    Just bought your pdf...looks good and the video is fantastic--maybe include the youtube link in the PDF as well?

  • @YorkshireGirlinDarwin
    @YorkshireGirlinDarwin 9 месяцев назад

    WOW!!!!❤

  • @salaampakistan1799
    @salaampakistan1799 8 месяцев назад

    Salam your Ginger brad house ❤was beautiful 👌

  • @unknownhoodrat133
    @unknownhoodrat133 7 месяцев назад

    Reminds me of Christine McConnell

  • @carlawhittle2050
    @carlawhittle2050 8 месяцев назад

    Great info! I want to add a chimney. What do you suggest?

  • @lilymarcelo8678
    @lilymarcelo8678 8 месяцев назад

    Hermoso😍

  • @jamilkam
    @jamilkam Год назад

    What a beautiful house! Could you write how many grams of butter and how many grams of flour did you add? thanks in advance❤️

  • @Imnotgoofyidonttelljokes2009
    @Imnotgoofyidonttelljokes2009 11 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome can I eat it?

  • @tinathecrafter
    @tinathecrafter 9 месяцев назад

    Beautiful! Thank you for your detailed instructions.

  • @tiffanypeyton6219
    @tiffanypeyton6219 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for posting this!!! I'm entering a gingerbread house contest, and this was really helpful! I was wondering, did you use all the gingerbread for the house, or was there some left over?

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Best of luck to you!!! Hope you win :) I did have some left over at the end, even after messing up and remaking some pieces :)

    • @tiffanypeyton6219
      @tiffanypeyton6219 Год назад

      @@thewonderingmind Thank you sooo much!!! I really enjoyed making my house and following your tutorial! It did get difficult, but I'm glad God gave me the ability to press through!

  • @anijaiani8777
    @anijaiani8777 Год назад

    First of all your Gingerbread house is incredible!✨What can i use instead of cream of tartar? Lemon,baking soda or something else? Thank you!🌲✨

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      You know, I’ve never tried anything besides cream of tartar. There may be other options for royal icing out there in the internet that use other ingredients!!!

  • @stephiet557
    @stephiet557 9 месяцев назад

    Curious what flour is best for Gingerbread dough ?

  • @user-xd4gg9dp3x
    @user-xd4gg9dp3x 7 месяцев назад

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍😊❤
    Всех с Наступающим Новым Годом!!! Будьте Счастливы!!! ❤❤❤

  • @TC-tk6rc
    @TC-tk6rc 9 месяцев назад

    You mix the baking powder/ soda/ seasoning with wet ingredients instead of dry?

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo 8 месяцев назад

    9:14 haha first time i've heard a cooking instruction say, "bake cookies until structurally sound." hahah

    • @h7opolo
      @h7opolo 8 месяцев назад

      what's golden brown and structurally sound?
      gingerbread house

  • @gokcegorduk4921
    @gokcegorduk4921 7 месяцев назад

    müthiş oldu

  • @huifangyu404
    @huifangyu404 8 месяцев назад

    Hi, I like your gingerbread house a lot,that’s a cake flour?

    • @twinmcc
      @twinmcc 7 месяцев назад +1

      Just use all purpose flour as it is not a delicate cookie dough

  • @_vfire_385
    @_vfire_385 7 месяцев назад

    Hi! I will soon be making a gingerbread house according to your recipe, but I don't know exactly how much butter to add. Could you tell me how many grams of butter there are? One more thing, can you replace the molasses with maple syrup? This ingredient simply isn't available in my country ;(

    • @cynthiasealy573
      @cynthiasealy573 7 месяцев назад +1

      Not likely, molasses is very thick and viscous with a unique flavour. Maple syrup, although delicious is far too runny to be used as a substitution. Try googling a substitution for molasses, you may get lucky 😊

  • @lesil1000
    @lesil1000 7 месяцев назад

    What did you use for the cresting on the roof?

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  7 месяцев назад

      The same royal icing! Just did the design on parchment, let it dry and carefully peeled it off.

  • @cahyn9535
    @cahyn9535 Год назад

    I love itbirthday I have the bet house now, I love you

  • @Moiselle555
    @Moiselle555 Год назад

    Do you have the Gingerbread house templates ? I'm planning to make a similar Gingerbread House this Christmas 💯. What a coincidence, I'm half Pakistani too... 😅

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo 8 месяцев назад +1

    you skipped showing the creation of the roof cresting that magically appeared at 14:55.

  • @TheGabygael
    @TheGabygael 7 месяцев назад

    in my country it's customary to "deck the halls" on Dec. 6th (and i gather you guys do it even earlier, late November) don't the royal icing's eggs get rancid in the meantime, is it advised not to eat the house or do you do it after the rest of the decoration or maybe even take eggs as fresh as possible? (after all we keep them outside of the fridge and the shell tends to be enough to keep them edible for a fair bit, at least before the expiration date)
    Molasse is not really readily availible over here anymore so i'm considering making a hybrid with a culturally more significant (for me) speculoos recipe and maybe after i get the han of it experiment with other types of biscuits to play with different colours (in a tudor meets alsacian townhouse, or represent the traditional varigated brick houses of my region) are any solid biscuit interchangeable in this instance or is gingerbread the most practical support (speculoos would be a bit more buttery and somehow softer same with shortbreads) does the molasse help with the integrity of the piece or is it "just" tradition and flavour
    edit :aaaand you answered my first question already,lol now eggs smells bad when oing off and i eat raw eggs every once in awhile (to be done at your own risk, fear of salmonella in eggs is not part of our common consiousness here, we tend to eat it in our german chocolate u.u)

    • @aispryn
      @aispryn 7 месяцев назад +1

      Don’t recommend using a recipe for a cookie that’s soft & buttery since it won’t be able to support much weight, honestly if you don’t plan on eating it use a recipe that makes a hard dense cookie, Some people use different gingerbread recipes for houses ( so it doesn’t fall apart) and for eating so maybe try a harder cookie. Use pasteurised eggs or meringue powder instead, maybe you could heat it over a water bath which makes the royal icing creamier

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  7 месяцев назад +1

      Hi there! I would not recommend eating this, especially if you are leaving it out for a long time. If you don't want to use raw eggs, you can use meringue powder!

  • @ivyminniie7745
    @ivyminniie7745 Год назад

    i don't celebrate Christmas but I'm obsessed with all those gingerbread houses ): yours is so amazing, beautiful work!

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад

      Thank you so much! They’re super fun, even just as a winter activity :)

  • @Yoenie34
    @Yoenie34 8 месяцев назад

    Je me demande si cette recette peut etre mangé?

  • @user-qx6br9zu4v
    @user-qx6br9zu4v 7 месяцев назад

    What program did you use for model the house?

  • @lolajacomino6574
    @lolajacomino6574 Год назад

    Very beautiful house. I’ve done some but not as delicate as yours. Congratulations and Merry Christmas to you and yours. BTW, your husband was very, it’s very important to have someone to support you ❤

    • @thewonderingmind
      @thewonderingmind  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much ❤️ oh he is a gem, always so supportive and the best partner 😊