Gingerbread Houses

[Ryatha]

Use butter to make the icing?

[Mak]

I have read recipes that use melted white chocolate rather than icing or google joy of baking and gingerbread house - she has a suggestion using marshmallow creme but not sure how hard that is to get. We put our ikea kit together yesterday and it is still up - so prefab all the way this year, lol!

[Netix]

I would love to be able to make a house this year, but I am still missing more than half my kitchen things, including baking trays (from moving house). Anyway, I tried to make one last year, and as the panels cooked, they curled! Anyone able to offer any solutions?

[Miss.September]

I would love to be able to make a house this year, but I am still missing more than half my kitchen things, including baking trays (from moving house). Anyway, I tried to make one last year, and as the panels cooked, they curled! Anyone able to offer any solutions?

DH has a theory that the corners are thinner than the bulk once rolled out, and that's why they curl up. Ours curled in two spots - but both for the roof, so it worked out okay. Maybe sit something on the panels so they cook flat?