Gingerbread house decorated cookies: Delightful recipes for festive gingerbread treats
by Alaric Vanstone2024-09-29
The holiday season brings joy, warmth, and the sweet aroma of gingerbread cookies to our homes. These delicious treats, often shaped like houses, are perfect for decorating and sharing with family and friends. Let’s dive into the delightful world of gingerbread house decorated cookies and learn how to create these festive delights!
To start off, you’ll need a few key ingredients: flour, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and molasses. These ingredients come together to create a flavorful dough that can be rolled out and cut into various shapes. Once your dough is prepared, chill it for about an hour to make it easier to work with.
Next, roll out the chilled dough on a floured surface to about ¼ inch thick. Using gingerbread house-shaped cookie cutters, cut out the pieces for your house. Don’t forget to make additional cookies for decorating! Transfer your cutouts onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake them in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 10-12 minutes. Once they’re golden brown, allow them to cool completely.
Now comes the fun part: decorating! For icing, you can make a simple royal icing by mixing powdered sugar, egg whites, and lemon juice until you achieve a thick consistency. This icing acts as both glue and decoration. Using a piping bag, outline your gingerbread house and fill in the sections with colorful icing. Get creative with your designs—add candy, sprinkles, or even edible glitter for a festive touch!
Once your gingerbread houses are fully decorated, let the icing dry for several hours or overnight. This will ensure that your decorations stay intact when you display your masterpieces. You can place them on a decorative platter or use them as part of your holiday table centerpiece.
Not only are gingerbread house decorated cookies a delightful treat, but they also make for an enjoyable family activity. Get everyone involved in the decorating process—it's a great way to bond and create lasting memories. Plus, they make wonderful gifts for neighbors and friends!
As you can see, making and decorating gingerbread house cookies is a fun and rewarding experience. Whether you’re a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, these cookies are sure to bring joy to your holiday celebrations. So, gather your ingredients, invite your loved ones, and start crafting your edible gingerbread houses this festive season!
Tips 1:
To make your gingerbread cookies even more special, try experimenting with different spices or adding a hint of orange zest to the dough!
We use cookies and similar tools to bring you a smooth and convenient experience on our site. To learn more about how we use cookies, view our Statement on Cookies here.
Coohom Cookie Notice
Along with
User Agreement
and
Privacy Policy
provided by Coohom Inc. and its affiliates (“we”, “us” or
“Coohom
Group”), this Notice provides you (or “user”) with information
about the
cookies that are used by the features and services of Coohom official website or Coohom Platform
(“Coohom
Platform”). This Notice will be reviewed from time to time to ensure that its
content is
kept
up-to-date. If any changes are made, we will publish the latest version of the Notice here. When
we make
significant changes, we will notify you of the change the next time you visit Coohom Platform or
by
other
means of communication.
A. What is cookie & Why do we use cookies
When you visit Coohom Platform, the site asks your browser to store a small piece of data (text
file)
called
a cookie on your device in order to evaluate the performance of the site. We also use
third-party
cookies,
which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of Coohom Platform you are visiting,
for
marketing
efforts.
B. What kind of cookies do we use
We use the following categories of cookies:
1. Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are necessary for Coohom Platform to function and cannot be switched
off in
our
systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request
for
services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set
your
browser
to block or alert you about these cookies, but that will cause some parts of Coohom Platform to
not
work.
2. Performance cookies
Performance cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve
the
performance of our site.They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see
how
visitors
move around the site.If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited
our site
and
will not be able to monitor its performance.
3. Marketing cookies
We also cooperate with third - parties that deploy cookies when users interact with marketing
communications.Marketing cookies collect personal information such as your IP address and
clicks.Collected
information is used to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns or to provide
better
targeting
for marketing.We do not always have control over those cookies.
C. What cookies do we use
Categories
Names of cookies
Functions
Strictly necessary cookies
qunhe-jwt
Remembers your login status: user id, name, email, avatar, character, region
qunhe-refresh
Refresh your permissions: user id, name, email, avatar, character, region
showroom-jwt
Remembers your user id, email, company, and status
qh-locale
Stores your language preferences
qh-cm-fe-locale
Stores your language preferences
Performance cookies
ktrackerid
Monitors abnormal conditions during your visit
ktrackertime
Monitors abnormal conditions during your visit
Marketing cookies
qhdi
Recognises website visitors(anonymously- no personal information is
collected
on
the user)
hubspotutk
Identifies your session
rdt_uuid
Identifies which web page you came from
hssrc
Identifies which web page you came from
hstc
Identifies which web page you came from
cio
Identifies which web page you came from
cioid
Identifies which web page you came from
fbd
Identifies which web page you came from
ajs_anonymous_id
Identifies which web page you came from
ajs_user_id
Identifies which web page you came from
messagesUtk
Identifies which web page you came from
D. How do I control and delete cookies
1. Cookie settings
The "Cookie Settings" can be
utilized
to customize
your
cookie preferences. The "Cookie Settings" will record when you have consented to or rejected our
Notice
and
will ask for consent once a year to ensure users stay up-to-date with changes to our Notice. All
the
performance cookies and marketing cookies are controlled by the "Cookie Settings". You can also
access
the
“Cookie Settings” anytime from the link in the footer of Coohom Platform.
2. Using your browser
All of the cookies used on Coohom Platform, on third-party websites and through emails can be
enabled or
disabled through your browser. To control cookies through your browser, follow the instructions
usually
located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that disabling a
cookie
or
category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed
through your
browser function.
3. Cookies set in the past
Your data collected from cookies can be deleted. If cookies are deleted, the information
collected prior
to
the preference change may still be used. However, we will stop using the disabled cookie to
collect any
further information from your user experience. For marketing cookies, when a user opts out of
tracking,
a
new cookie is placed to prevent users from being tracked.
4. Impact on the use
You can set your browser to block strictly necessary cookies, but that will cause some parts of
Coohom
Platform to not work.
You can accept or refuse the use of performance cookies or marketing cookies at any time. If you
choose
to
reject the use of performance cookies or marketing cookies, you will still be able to use Coohom
Platform,
and your use of all the features and areas of Coohom Platform will not be limited.
E. How often do we update this Notice
We may update this Notice from time to time or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons
to make
changes in the cookies we use. Therefore, please re-read this Notice periodically to learn about
our use
of
cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Notice indicates when it was last
updated.
F. Where can I get further information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please feel free to contact us via email at
support@coohom.com.
We will respond to your questions, comments or suggestions within 30 days after we receive them
and
verify
your user identity.