Finished dish photo of Super Easy Christmas Gingerbread House (Advanced: Church Gingerbread House)

Super Easy Christmas Gingerbread House (Advanced: Church Gingerbread House)

For the ingredients and cookie-making steps, please refer to my previous recipe. One batch is just enough for one house. Make sure to prepare more candies since there are many windows 🤗 Basic version gingerbread house: http://www.xiachufang.com/recipe/102159882/ The church template has been uploaded.

Ingredients

See the basic gingerbread house recipeto taste

Steps

1

Make the template

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2

Cut out the pieces

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Bake at 190°C for 13 minutes, then remove from the oven

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Crush three colors of candy and place them where the windows (glass) will be. Add a generous layer, then bake for another 3 minutes

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5

Done

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6

Decorate with royal icing

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7

Assemble

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I glued a candle inside, haha. Once it’s done, the “glass” lets the light shine through, and the light-and-shadow effect is super gorgeous 🤗

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Finished view

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The glass cracked a bit during handling… which actually created a nice icy, snowy effect 😂

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11

Add a Christmas tree outside

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This church is based on a design by an amazing baker overseas.

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The original design by that overseas master. This is the effect with the candle lit 🤗

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Side view of the church

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Front view of the church. Remember to cut out the door and keep it to bake separately, then glue it on at the end

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Back view of the church. Dimensions refer to the front-view diagram above. There’s no door in the middle, no door in the middle, no door in the middle~ I messed up the drawing

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Back of the attic

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Side of the attic

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Attic roof

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Main church roof, 170 mm × 90 mm

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Cooking Tips

In the original version by the overseas baker, they used a small battery-operated tealight. But since I was making this as a gift, I used royal icing to glue in a real candle. You can’t expect the light to stay on forever—eventually the battery will run out 😂. And if you turn it off after finishing, you can’t really take it out, switch it on again, and put it back in—the door is too small. If you’re making it for yourself, you can use an electric light.