Gingerbread Cathedral with
Candy Stained Glass Windows

by K Coutinho
(Indiana)

Hi! I participate in a historical re-enactment group, and on a whim, made some candy stained-glass cookie panels following an old recipe I had on a scrap of paper - rolled cookie dough, cut holes, crushed candies, bake. Turns out to be virtually identical to your "candy windows" instructions.

I had also glued the four panels together with icing, and put a few votive candles inside for that lovely glow, the same as your Lighted Gingerbread Houses idea (but your idea of wired christmas lights is probably safer).

I'm now on a quest to make something with a lot of candy windows, to show off the gorgeous glowing candy glass, so of course my first thought was "Cathedral." Unfortunately, I can't find any useful patterns online, not even of a paper cathedral that I could convert into patterns for gingerbread.

I'm looking for something like this but maybe not so complicated
http://www.nimblethink.com/ginger.html

This is a bit closer
http://picasaweb.google.com/joshua.hardwick/GingerbreadCathedral#

Any help is greatly appreciated!!