How to Roll and Cut Gingerbread Dough to Make a Gingerbread House

Assemble the Equipment for Rolling and Cutting Gingerbread Dough

Assemble the equipment you'll need to roll and cut gingerbread dough.

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• Structural gingerbread dough
  
  
• Sheets of parchment paper cut to fit edgeless baking pans
  
  
• Pattern pieces transferred to lightweight cardboard
  
  
• Small amount of all-purpose flour for lightly dusting the pattern pieces
  
  
• A rolling pin (silicone rolling pins work great)
  
  
• A nonserrated pizza wheel or pastry cutter

• Assemble the Equipment for Rolling and Cutting Gingerbread Dough
• Roll the Gingerbread Dough on a Sheet of Parchment Paper
• Cut out the Gingerbread House Pattern Pieces
• Remove the Gingerbread Dough Scraps
• Pick up the Parchment Paper by Opposite Corners
• Place the Parchment Paper on the Baking Sheet
• Let the Baked Gingerbread House Pieces Cool on the Baking Pan