Fun Project: Making Gingerbread Houses

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Gingerbread House Day on December 12th recognizes a family tradition for many around the country.

A favorite food of an Armenian monk, Gregory of Nicopolis, brought gingerbread to Europe around 992 AD and taught French Christians to bake it. Since gingerbread was often used in religious ceremonies, monks baked to be sturdy to molded into images of saints.

We can thank the Brothers’ Grimm for a gingerbread house, though. Through their tale of Hansel and Gretel, they introduce an evil witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread. It didn’t take long for the German gingerbread guilds to pick up the idea. Soon, they put gingerbread houses to a more festive use making snowy cottages made from the spicy-sweet treat.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/gingerbread-house-day-december-12/


Some pretty Gingerbread Houses


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This one uses Chex cereal for the roof.  That is a neat idea.


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Here is a thread about how to make a gingerbread house:

       
                                                                                                                                             
https://permies.com/t/98470/kitchen/Gingerbread-House


Threads about Gingerbread Houses and Gingerbread:


https://permies.com/t/60914/Fannie-Farmer-Boston-Cooking-School


https://permies.com/t/19582/gingerbread-house-space-travellers-gingerbread

https://permies.com/t/98470/kitchen/Gingerbread-House

Since it is Gingerbread House Day, here are some award-winning Gingerbread Houses:


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Here is a fun thread about making a gingerbread spinning wheel:

https://permies.com/t/40/169984/silly-idea-gingerbread-spinning-wheel

It is that time of year, again.  It is National Gingerbread House Day!

Bob's Red Mill


Bob's Red Mill


Some other neat Gingerbread Houses that I found


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Interesting to see those interpretations of the gingerbread house (which to me was always iconic for Germany due to the Grimm tales).
In our district we have a local Baker's Guild which makes a big gingerbread house and installs it in one of the communities of our district. My kids fondly remember the year it was hosted in our townhall and keep asking when it is coming back. Of course they secretly nibbled on the house at it is supposed to be :-)
As there are 17 communities and much more hamlets in our district it takes a time until the circle is completed!
So this year the gingerbread house is in the capital of the district:


Prices of ingredients for gingerbread (and other bread) and especially gas for heating the ovens have skyrocketed over the last months and some bakers already have gone bankrupt. They will receive some government aid but I hope they will survive those critical times. Bakeries and bakery-made gingerbreads are the best!

It is that time of year again.

Happy Gingerbread House Day!

My first Wofati attempt is not real wood, but it tastes alot better!

Way to spark new thinking on the possibilities of gingerbread, Nicholas!
In New Mexico, gingerbread houses are modeled after adobe dwellings.
Check out these inventive designs from the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center