It’s December, which means the holiday season is in full swing—and with it comes the warm, cozy bustle of baking and decorating. Few traditions capture Christmas quite like decorating gingerbread ...

How do you keep your gingerbread house from falling apart? Winners from 2023 and 2025 of the National Gingerbread House Competition at Omni Grove Park Inn share their secrets. The advice jointly comes ...

To prepare the gingerbread house, start with the dough: in the bowl of a mixer, add the sifted flour, granulated sugar, cold butter cut into pieces, and all the ground spices: cinnamon (1), ginger, ...

Don’t judge a kit by the box. I built six gingerbread house kits to find the best one on the market. Icing consistency and pouch shape played a big part in the ease of assembly and ability to ...

Growing up, I always envied the kids who built gingerbread houses at home. My family and I rarely baked together in Brooklyn: Like many Asian diaspora families, we stored pots and pans (and our rice ...