Thatched Roof Gingerbread House

This gingerbread cottage is complete with a thatched roof and chimney.

Thatched roof gingerbread house.

Straighten all edges of gingerbread pieces by trimming on a cutting board using a serrated knife or microplane and a ruler. Bake as directed in the recipe. Made entirely from gingerbread this row of houses weighs about 80 pounds and measures 28 inches by 18 inches by 18 inches. Gingerbread house pictures gingerbread house designs gingerbread house parties gingerbread village christmas gingerbread house gingerbread man gingerbread recipes christmas goodies christmas baking.

Decorate roof and house with candies attaching with a dab of icing. Using serrated knife cut each shredded wheat in half along seam line. Stick in long rows onto roof. Our charming 4 bedroom colonial era home is a great place for you or your guests to stay while you are in the berkshires.

It s available to rent for vacation as we say in the united states but as they say in england is available for holiday. It s tucked behind a nut fence and landscaped with ice cream cone trees and gingersnap stones. The gingerbread house cottage is in the small town of llminster at the heart of hamstone country england. Fairy tale gingerbread thatched roof cottage not your average gingerbread house.

Fill in spaces between rows with icing. Use original shredded wheat cereal squares to construct the thatch roof and sesame candy pieces for the porch roof. Captivate young and old alike with this fanciful heartland gingerbread cottage. The bungalow sports a roof of shredded wheat sugar wafer shutters and a porch with candy posts.

It took a more than two months to build. From the stained glass windows and steepled roof of the gingerbread house to the lily pond and winding stream in our gardens there is a enchanting fairy tale feeling which will transform any event into something extrodinary. Assemble fence and stick into place. Not your average gingerbread house.

Amidst the stone and shingles are elements of a modern almost prairie style stucco house best seen on the northern and southern sides where rows of casement windows add a measure of order to the otherwise organic growth. It may be a storybook design but the common appellation the gingerbread house masks the subtlety and nuance of this design. A wonderful english cottage called gingerbread house with thatched roof and hexagonal shape was originally built in c1800 as a gardener s home. Fill a piping bag fitted with a 3 tip with 1 1 2 cups of royal icing.

When the gingerbread comes out of the oven and is still piping hot and soft use a sharp knife to score lines in the cookies. Pipe icing along both edges of one side wall and join it to one end of both the front and back walls. This is not a silly folly of a house. Let cool and then rub powdered sugar on the thatched roof pieces.

The porch can be constructed of pretzel rods and the fake rocks on the side. Roll out some gingerbread dough and cut into strips slightly wider than the roof of the gingerbread house. This gingerbread cottage is complete with a thatched roof and chimney. The houses feature shiplap and individual pastillage shingles.