Sugar cookie gingerbread house

These buttery, delicious cookies are perfect for decorating and are a tasty treat for parties or gifting. I like adding both lemon extract and zest to give the cookie dough a bright flavor. Decorating the cookies with royal icing made with meringue powder makes a beautiful finish that dries hard and stays intact even if you are sending them to a loved one.See Cardamom Variation in the Notes!

A sturdy gingerbread recipe for making perfect gingerbread houses.

Recipe with info and instructions on how to bake gingerbread house pieces, an ebook by Kristen Coniaris of Wicked Goodies

Discover for yourself what a winning combination chocolate and peanut butter are in this adorable homemade cookie house

6 Popular Gingerbread Recipes and what to use them for this holiday season. How they make, bake, taste, and build. Check out the stress tests at the Craft Crib.

There's nothing like baking and decorating cookies and giving them away for Christmas. (Oh of course, eating some too!). It's such a nice feeling and the recipients are generally so charmed by the homemade sweets.

Want to make an adorable gingerbread house without all the work? Make gingerbread house cookies! Yummy & easy to decorate for the family!