Gingerbread House

A gingerbread house is a novelty confectionery shaped like a building that is made of cookie dough, cut and baked into appropriate components like walls and roofing. These houses, covered with a variety of candies and icing, are popular Christmas decorations. The usual base material is crisp gingerbread, hence the name.

Another type of model-making with gingerbread uses a boiled dough that can be moulded like clay to form edible statuettes or other decorations.

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