Prep Time: 35 Minutes Start to Finish: 1 Hour 15 Minutes 12 servings
1 Heat oven to 350°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking parchment paper.
2 Make cookie mix as directed on pouch, using butter, water and egg. Roll dough in pan to about ¼ inch thick.
3 Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are set and golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Use pizza cutter to cut gingerbread house shape from cookie. Cool completely.
4 Use frosting and candies to decorate gingerbread house as desired. Use any excess cookie pieces as decoration. Cut into pieces to serve.
1 Serving: Calories 380; Total Fat 16g (Saturated Fat 8g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 35mg; Sodium 360mg; Total Carbohydrate 57g (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 2g Exchanges: ½ Starch, 3½ Other Carbohydrate, 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 4
Gingerbread House Decorating Ideas
Decorating a gingerbread house can be as unique as you are! Here are some great ideas for decorating your house. You can purchase your favorites or snoop around your cupboards and find foods that would work.
Roof
Bite-size frosted mini wheat cereal
Chocolate flat candy bars
Colorful flat candies
Crackers
Fruit slices candy
Gumdrop halves or slices
Pretzel sticks or rods
Small cookies, such as vanilla wafers
Door
Candy bar
Graham cracker
Oval-shaped flat cookies (cut off one end, for bottom of door)
Sugar wafers
Chimney
Candy sticks or straight candy canes
Chocolate chips
Chocolate rocks
Jelly beans (especially tan, brown, black and speckled)
Sugar ice-cream cone, cut lengthwise in half
Wreath
Green holly and red ball decors, arranged in a circle
Gumdrops
Peppermint candy
Round or flower-shaped cookie with hole in center
Small or tiny round candies arranged in a circle
Other Decorations
Frosted animal crackers
Licorice nibs or ropes
Malted milk balls
Sprinkles
Square chewy candy
Whole almonds