If you're looking for a cleaner finish to the Christmas Gingerbread houses you want to display ... While the rest of us are using thick globs of royal icing to seal corners and hold gingerbread ...

Nicole Hopper is a recipe tester and developer based ... stirring using a rubber spatula until no streaks remain. Use icing as is for gingerbread house mortar. For decorative piping, beat in ...

While every oven varies, and the right cookie time will depend on the recipe you're using ... Rosamar/Shutterstock Icing is the glue that holds a gingerbread house together. If it isn't strong ...

Each box contains a premade gingerbread house, a bag of icing and an assortment of confections including Necco wafers, Smarties and M&Ms.