Gingerbread houses

We did it from start to finish! Vegan Gingerbread houses

We made the dough, created templates (2 triangles and two rectangles), rolled it out, baked it, made the icing, put it together and decorated.

Gingerbread house

I want to make gingerbread houses this year... here is a recipe:
http://vegandad.blogspot.com/2007/12/vegan-gingerbread-house.html

I think I'll need a template... looking into ideas: Here is one like last years:

http://www2.ciachef.edu/media/pdf/CIA_Gingerbread_House.pdf



I'll be back with pictures when we get our act together ;)

Update: I made my own template- exactly like the ones pictured above (two rectangles against two triangles with a little door). And I found the perfect icing recipe here: http://vegetationramblings.blogspot.com/2007/05/molasses-cookies.html

Reprinted...

Vegan Royal Icing:

3 tbsp water
2 tbsp egg replacer powder
3 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/8 tsp cream of tartar

Add water to egg replacer and whip with electric beaters until it's thick. Add cream of tartar and 1/2 a cup of the icing sugar and mix until thick. Add another 1/2 cup of icing sugar and whip until thick again. Finally add the last 3/4 of a cup icing sugar and beat until a thick icing forms. If it's too thick (which mine was) add another 1/8-1/4 cup water slowly while beating until it softens a little (I added too much! Disaster area, seriously!!)

as you can see from reading the recipe, it actually calls for less powdered sugar than the list says. But this really works