Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2012

nice mild gingery taste, you can build anything with it- the perfect edible Christmas decoration!

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Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2011

Flavor is good, but just too hard to work with. The first roll out when it was nice and warm went fine, but after that it was a crumbly mess and I even reheated it and sprayed with water and it still was a pain. I was going to make some extra cookies with the leftovers, but I will go back to the recipe I used the year before next time.

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MDINSMORE

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2011

I haven't done the icing, and I don't know if I will yet. So this is just the gingerbread. I love the recipe but I had to make a few changes. I don't bake much but my mom always told me that I could use veg oil instead shortening and I couldn't understand why I would melt the shortening when I can have veg oil. Also, this way I could use my stand mixer. ;) I also don't care for molasses much lass cook with it. So I used a dark corn syrup and I must say, it tastes great and still has that nice golden colour. I still had to warm it up in the micro like others suggested but a small price to pay to use the mixer. lol

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Marianne

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

My daughter and I made 7 gingerbread houses from this recipe this year (we made several batches of dough ...) and we are very pleased with how they turned out. We discovered that using margarine produced a smooth finish, but when we mixed butter and margarine together in one batch the dough was a little bizarre and was full of cracks as we worked with it. We still went ahead and baked it, and the resulting house had sort of a "stone" texture, which actually turned out to be a very interesting finish. Overall this is an excellent recipe and we have 7 beautiful gingerbread houses on display this year as proof :)

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blackscrapcat

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2011

Super fun and delish!!

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tallen20

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Red Wing, Minnesota, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2011

Easy & fabulous building material. Not terribly tasty though. Did have to microwave briefly to get it to stick together before rolling it out. Used Wilton's meringue powder to make edible royal icing so the kids can eat their creations if they want.

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CAIRA01

Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2011

Just fantastic and so pretty and cute!!!!! LOVE it.

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tiffanythecook

Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2010

This gingerbread is great for building! It's the firmest recipe I've found so far. It was really dry, probably because I let the molasses cool a little before adding the dry ingredients, but after warming up the crumbly dough in the microwave and added a splash of water, I was able to roll it back together for the most part.

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