Set a good foundation. Gingerbread houses are hard—and nerve wracking—to move, so pick a stable platform that can be moved easily, or build directly on your display surface.

If you want your gingerbread house to be a centerpiece through all the merrymaking, put it under the protection of a glass cloche or cake dome. Less dust and damage, definitely. Less candy ...

Allrecipes Allstar Kim Shupe shares inside tips about making creative and fun gingerbread houses in your home kitchen. Around the holidays, Allrecipes Allstar Kim Shupe’s Michigan kitchen is ...

Make the Gingerbread House Base. You’ll need a rigid base on which to build the gingerbread house. It will need to be at least 12 inches square, but you can make it bigger if you want to add ...

3 cups of all-purpose flour (or 3 cups of blanched, very finely ground almond flour) 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda; 2 teaspoons of ground ginger; 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon ...

You don’t have to make a stained-glass window for your gingerbread house, but it’s an easy way to make the project truly special. 1. To start, heat the oven to 350 degrees. On the front wall ...

For me and my family, gingerbread houses and Christmas go hand in hand. There’s something so festive and comforting about those adorable miniature homes covered in seasonal candy. Although I ...

But the key to any great gingerbread house, Schafer says, is the icing that holds it all together: "Assuming that you don't eat the gingerbread — which can be a problem for some people — I've ...