Royal icing in a stand mixer bowl - Rosamar/Shutterstock Icing is the glue that holds a gingerbread house together. If it isn't strong enough, the house won't stand a chance. So, while there are ...

When making a gingerbread house, the right type of frosting is one of the most important elements of the entire craft. As Doug Orr, says, "A properly made royal icing works as the perfect glue." ...

Abriella Terrazas and her sister Isabella grew up in a family that loved baking, decorating and building gingerbread houses. Now, years later, their intricate, festive gingerbread houses are taking ...

Every Christmas, the Historic Hotels of America ®, a trade association of 300 hotels designated National Historic Landmarks, sponsors a Gingerbread house contest ... pounds of icing, the display ...

annual Gingerbread House Decorating party Thursday afternoon, December 12th. Twenty four families participated using a variety candies and treats to decorate the graham cracker structure with plenty ...

Students eagerly turned simple milk cartons into intricate gingerbread houses, using frosting as “glue” and decorating their creations with gumdrops, peppermint chimneys, and other sweet treats.

So, it's no surprise that every year, the family would make gingerbread houses, starting with graham crackers when they were little and eventually progressing to deluxe gingerbread mansion kits as ...