Vegan & Gluten-Free Gingerbread House 🎄

Easy Vegan & Gluten-Free Gingerbread house

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups gluten-free flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Royal icing

• 2 tbsp aquafaba
• 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
• 1-2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups sifted powdered sugar

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Instructions

1. Edible glass windows
2. Crushed clear candies .
3. Sift your dry ingredients together, set aside. In a stand mixer, whisk together coconut oil, sugar, vanilla and molasses together. Add the dry ingredients. Mix on medium/low until a smooth ball starts to form, do not over mix.
4. Roll out dough onto parchment paper or a baking mat to 1/4" thick. Try to make the dough as even in thickness as possible. Refrigerate the dough for 1 hour.
5. Preheat oven to 180c. Cut shapes out using gingerbread house templates. Transfer to parchment-covered baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven. Put the crushed candies into the cutout areas, back to the oven for 1-2 mins until candy has completely melted, don’t leave them in too long or they will burn. Remove from the oven and let fully cool before moving.

Make the icing

1. In a stand mixer, beat aquafaba with cream of tartar and salt until foamy. Add all powdered sugar and beat on low speed until thick. Thin the icing with lemon juice to the desired consistency.

Assemble

1. Decorate cookie pieces with royal icing. Let dry completely. Use stiff royal icing to attach the gingerbread house together piece by piece. Have fun baking!

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