To start, make sure that you're evenly cutting ... 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 ...

As Doug Orr, says, "A properly made royal icing works as the perfect glue." Getting the texture and consistency right can make or break your gingerbread house; Flora Aghababyan recommends using "a ...

Plus, it does double duty as glue for gingerbread houses. While there are no more than five ingredients needed to make royal icing, the understated decorative product can be finicky. Be sure to ...

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 ...

Ode to the gingerbread house. This festive ... and a primitive fence fancied together with pretzel sticks and white icing glue. We worked tirelessly for days. I would break to go to my part ...

In recent years, it has become popular in Ukraine to make gingerbread at home on your own, involving children in the process. Everyone can decorate gingerbread exactly as their imagination dictates ...

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 ...