Gingerbread Houses

Learn the basics to make your very own gingerbread house, and get suggestions for decorating it with your favorite candies along with free step by step instructions to make this special holiday treat!

Gingerbread houses are a wonderful holiday tradition.  At our home, each family member decorates their own individual house each year using their favorite candies.  However, many families choose to decorate one larger house for their family to enjoy. 

Here you will find the basic information on building gingerbread houses including our favorite icing recipe and a pattern for individual size houses along with hints and tips. 

For more than a dozen years, I have been baking and assembling between 50 and 150 individual houses per year and I would like to share some of that knowledge with you.

Click here for complete instructions and full size pattern.

Click here to view our Gingerbread Photo Gallery.