How to Make a Gingerbread House with Royal Icing

Gather the Equipment You Will Need to Make a Gingerbread House

Gather the equipment you will need to assemble a gingerbread house.

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• A 12- to 14-inch cardboard cake circle or any size cardboard Styrofoam or craft foam to build your house on
  
  
• A #10 plain round pastry tip and a #2 plain round pastry tip, and a 12-inch disposable or reusable pastry bag
  
  
• Prepared royal icing
  
  
• Baked gingerbread house pieces

• Gather the Equipment You Will Need to Make a Gingerbread House
• Fill the Pastry Bag to Make the Gingerbread House with Royal Icing
• Lay Down an L-Shaped Bead of Royal Icing
• Put up Two Gingerbread House Walls
• Put Up the Third and Fourth Gingerbread House Walls
• Attach the Roof to the Gingerbread House
• Let the Assembled Gingerbread Houses Dry Before Decorating