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gingerbread walls and roof only
I've been researching for awhile now with no luck. I want to have a gingerbread house party for about 60 kids. I've done the milk carton thing and was ...
how do you make gingerbread hard rather than soft
i see recipes for gingerbread men and houses that include egg in the dough recipe and others that don't. i am wondering if this affects the hardness of ...
Can you substitute Olive Oil for Butter?
Can you substitute Olive Oil for Butter? I am making a Gingerbread Cake for a vegetarian guest, so I need to know if there is some type of butter substitute ...
What do I add to gingerbread that has dried out?
I made gingerbread twice, both times I divided the bread in half and by the time I finished rolling out and cutting out the 1st half, the second half is ...
problems with dough
I want a sturdy gingerbread house recipe; does not need to be tasty but should be edible. My dough is sticky and flimsy and difficult (impossible) to ...
bake before or after you decorate the men?
Does anyone know what works best? To make the gingerbread before or after you decorate. Many icing recipes call for egg white but I don't feel great about ...
have a lot to bake
i have to bake 15 gingerbread houses does anyone know if i would have to bake them all in one day or would i be able to bake a few a day for a week.
Freezing gingerbread dough before cooking.
In the recipe I'm using it says to freeze the dough for 15 minutes and then cook it for 15 minutes. I did it and everything worked great. But I'm just ...
temperature
what temperature do you cook gingerbread dough?
soft gingerbread???
I have been having trouble with my Gingerbread, I keep it in a room with no heat after i bake it, My last batch of gingerbread has been getting soft. I ...
Dough for making a non-edible gingerbread house
Can I use a basic salt dough recipe and dye it brown to make my gingerbread house? Will the royal icing stick to it? The kids are not eating the dough ...
silicone?
i never used a silcone mat for the cookie dough. does it really work that well?
molasses substitute?
Hi! I'm babysitting my sister and she's got her heart set on making a ginger bread house. I've got everything we need except for molasses. I was wondering ...
Can shortening be a substitute for butter
Is it possible to attain the same results using crisco rather than butter in your gingerbread recipe for building houses? I don't plan to eat this house ...
Crumbly Dough
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I refrigerated my gingerbread dough overnight and it's still crumbly. Can I soften it up to still use it?
Gingerbread dough cracking when rolled?
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I've left my gingerbread dough overnight wrapped tight in clingfilm to allow it to soften, but when I try and roll it out, it keeps cracking and splitting....
leaving gingerbread dough out...
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how long can you leave gingerbread dough out? for example; can i make the dough tonight and cook it in the morning?
refrigerating
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Can you keep gingerbread out of the fridge after its been baked?u
Soft Gingerbread-- Help!
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I am making a gingerbread house, and I have already baked all the gingerbread pieces, but a few of the larger ones seem to be a bit soft. I have made houses ...
GINGERBREAD DOUGH
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CAN YOU BUY GINGERBREAD DOUGH? IF SO WHERE?
Eggs
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Can you use Egg replacers/substitute in gingerbread cookies???
gingerbread recipe for non-edible, hardening
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I have made a gingerbread carousel and use for several years, but the horses fall apart. I looked at it and all the horses are broken. Is there a recipe ...
gingerbread dough
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How long does gingerbread dough last in the fridge before you can't use it anymore? Also if it forms a water kind of base on the dough what does this ...
Shrunken Gingerbread
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I am using a recipe from a book that uses all vegetable shorting in the recipe. It seemed very soft to me, so I added more flour. After rolling out and ...
How do you cook gingerbread for a long time?
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I was watching a food network challenge and a competitor and judge both remarked that gingerbread cooked a long time (days, they said) is harder, drier,...
making the gingerbread ahead of time
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Is there any way I can bake gingerbread by the pan full and have the kids cut them out afterwards once it's baked? I have a class coming up for engineering ...
Help....
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Is there anything I can put into my gingerbread to keep it hard? Anything some sort of preservative? I live in a humid climate and they tend to collapse ...
freezing dough
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Has anyone frozen Pampered Chef's Gingerbread House Mold Dough?
hard gingerbread
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How do you make the kind of gingerbread that goes hard and can be used for tree decorations.
ginger bread goof
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My recipe didn't have enough ginger. Now that it's baked, could I cut and sprinkle more between layers and maybe spread butter over to try to savage it?...
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