Making Great Gingerbread Houses: Delicious Designs from Cabins to Castles, from Lighthouses to Tree Houses

by Aaron Morgan, Paige Gilchrist

From basic construction to decorating and baking, this guide to the fine art of the gingerbread house includes easy-to-follow instructions for forty projects--a gingerbread birdhouse, a carousel, a haunted house, and much more. 18,000 first printing.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Marie]

This book is fairly dated and I think the photography did not show the creations in the best light (sometimes literally.) Because of these issues, many of the "houses" looked a bit sloppy and amateurish.

That's unfortunate because after the general information, instructions, and two pages of recipes at the front of the book, which were quite helpful, the rest of the book was dedicated to highlighting various gingerbread creations mostly through photographs.

My rating is an blend of two stars for aesthetic value and four for the directions and recipes.

[June Jacobs]

I loved the fact that they included designs created by children, adults, and professionals in this colorful book!

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[Ruth]

I confess that I "read" books like this as much for the visual pleasure of seeing the fantastic and creative gingerbread houses in the photos; and although it's fairly unlikely I'll be creating a big gingerbread house this holiday season, if I wanted to try, this would give me an approachable, step-by-step instruction that wouldn't be too intimidating. A fun book.

[Bridget]

I also want to learn how to make gingerbread houses! This book looks helpful to complete that goal.