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 the gingerbread. my concern is i would like my gingerbread to be hard rather than soft but not so hard there's a risk of breaking your teeth on them. please can you give me some tips. thank you joanne
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how do you make gingerbread hard rather than soft
I used a tried and true Gingerbread Recipe for my houses that had eggs in it. Then I found a recipe for "Construction Grade" Gingerbread and tried it. It did not have eggs in it. I was very disappointed when I cam home from work and the walls on both the houses I made that weekend collapsed. I went back to my "tried and true" recipe (with eggs). Not sure why that happened but it did.
Oct 17, 2011 Rating
Eggs and dough by: scifimom
Gingerbread with eggs tends to be more cakeish therefore softer. I find that eggs in dough make it more yummy but more puffy also. I usually use egg dough for figures and cookies, while I prefer eggless dough for more sturdy constructions such as houses and castles. Dont worry, even with my hardest dough noone has ever broke a tooth. :o)
