Thatched Roof Gingerbread House

Our charming 4 bedroom colonial era home is a great place for you or your guests to stay while you are in the berkshires.

Thatched roof gingerbread house.

It took a more than two months to build. When the gingerbread comes out of the oven and is still piping hot and soft use a sharp knife to score lines in the cookies. It may be a storybook design but the common appellation the gingerbread house masks the subtlety and nuance of this design. Pipe icing along both edges of one side wall and join it to one end of both the front and back walls.

Not your average gingerbread house. This gingerbread cottage is complete with a thatched roof and chimney. It s tucked behind a nut fence and landscaped with ice cream cone trees and gingersnap stones. It s available to rent for vacation as we say in the united states but as they say in england is available for holiday.

From the stained glass windows and steepled roof of the gingerbread house to the lily pond and winding stream in our gardens there is a enchanting fairy tale feeling which will transform any event into something extrodinary. The gingerbread house cottage is in the small town of llminster at the heart of hamstone country england. Straighten all edges of gingerbread pieces by trimming on a cutting board using a serrated knife or microplane and a ruler. Fairy tale gingerbread thatched roof cottage not your average gingerbread house.

Fill in spaces between rows with icing. Using serrated knife cut each shredded wheat in half along seam line. Use original shredded wheat cereal squares to construct the thatch roof and sesame candy pieces for the porch roof. This gingerbread cottage is complete with a thatched roof and chimney.

Captivate young and old alike with this fanciful heartland gingerbread cottage. Decorate roof and house with candies attaching with a dab of icing. A wonderful english cottage called gingerbread house with thatched roof and hexagonal shape was originally built in c1800 as a gardener s home. Stick in long rows onto roof.

Roll out some gingerbread dough and cut into strips slightly wider than the roof of the gingerbread house. Bake as directed in the recipe. I guess gardener s had it goin on house wise for themselves back in the 1800s. Assemble fence and stick into place.

The houses feature shiplap and individual pastillage shingles. Fill a piping bag fitted with a 3 tip with 1 1 2 cups of royal icing. Made entirely from gingerbread this row of houses weighs about 80 pounds and measures 28 inches by 18 inches by 18 inches. Gingerbread house pictures gingerbread house designs gingerbread house parties gingerbread village christmas gingerbread house gingerbread man gingerbread recipes christmas goodies christmas baking.

Make third batch of royal icing for extra snow for lawn and thatched roof. This is not a silly folly of a house. The bungalow sports a roof of shredded wheat sugar wafer shutters and a porch with candy posts. The porch can be constructed of pretzel rods and the fake rocks on the side.