Making an Easter Gingerbread House is such a fun family activity! Bake it from scratch using my recipe and template or use a store bought kit.
You will also love my Pop Tart Gingerbread House
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I had so much fun baking and decorating gingerbread houses this Christmas, I decided to make an Easter Gingerbread House as well. I enjoyed it so much it will definitely become a new family tradition!
Although I originally baked a true gingerbread Easter house, in the end I couldn’t separate gingerbread from Christmas. So this is actually a sugar cookie house – must more in keeping with Easter, don’t you think?
DIY Easter Gingerbread House
You can easily find pre-baked gingerbread house kits during the winter holidays but they are usually gone by springtime.
Making your own Easter Bunny House (as the kids call it) from scratch is actually very easy and fun. I have even included the template I used in this post, but you can use whatever template you like!
My template is used at 100% or you can scale it up as it makes a fairly small house.
Making this Easter Gingerbread House is definitely a kid-friendly activity and it makes such a pretty table decoration too.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
The recipe below makes a fair amount of dough so you can bake multiple Easter houses if you like or a house plus cookie decorations and extra sugar cookies to enjoy too.
You will need a selection of candy and sprinkles plus mini Easter eggs, pastel M&Ms, chocolate Easter bunnies, marshmallow peeps and so on.
A simple Royal Icing is the glue that keeps our Easter sugar cookie house together and you can also use it to stick on any decorations.
Useful Tools
- Digital scales – I always use these for accurate measuring
- A rolling pin with spacing rings – for rolling out cookie dough
- Gingerbread house kit (selection of cutters) or you can print my template
- Heavy cookie sheets (trays) that will not warp in the oven
- Oxo Good Grips Baker’s Silicone decorating kit is perfect for piping the icing
- This reusable baking liner is fantastic for rolling out the dough on and for baking the cookies
- Plunger cutters (usually used to make sugarcraft decorations) are perfect for making cookie decorations for your house
- Easter cookie cutters to bake additional cookies and any decorations
HOW TO MAKE AN EASTER GINGERBREAD HOUSE
Full measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page. Please take a look at the steps and video before attempting this recipe!
Preheat the oven to 340F (170C). Beat the softened butter, sugar and vanilla extract together for at least three minutes, stopping halfway to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
Add the egg and beat until incorporated, again scraping down the sides and bottom of your bowl.
Add the flour, a little at a time, mixing it in until the dough comes together.
Turn the dough out onto your worktop and use your hands to gently knead the dough until you have a pliable dough the consistency of Play Doh. Keep the dough in a plastic bag to keep it from drying out.
Lightly dust your liner or baking parchment with a little flour. Use your rolling pin with 1/8 inch rings to roll out the dough, in batches.
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Making an Easter Gingerbread House is such a fun family activity! Bake it from scratch using my recipe and template or use a store bought kit.
You will also love my Pop Tart Gingerbread House
Post may contain affiliate links. For more information, check my disclosure
I had so much fun baking and decorating gingerbread houses this Christmas, I decided to make an Easter Gingerbread House as well. I enjoyed it so much it will definitely become a new family tradition!
Although I originally baked a true gingerbread Easter house, in the end I couldn’t separate gingerbread from Christmas. So this is actually a sugar cookie house – must more in keeping with Easter, don’t you think?
DIY Easter Gingerbread House
You can easily find pre-baked gingerbread house kits during the winter holidays but they are usually gone by springtime.
Making your own Easter Bunny House (as the kids call it) from scratch is actually very easy and fun. I have even included the template I used in this post, but you can use whatever template you like!
My template is used at 100% or you can scale it up as it makes a fairly small house.
Making this Easter Gingerbread House is definitely a kid-friendly activity and it makes such a pretty table decoration too.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
The recipe below makes a fair amount of dough so you can bake multiple Easter houses if you like or a house plus cookie decorations and extra sugar cookies to enjoy too.
You will need a selection of candy and sprinkles plus mini Easter eggs, pastel M&Ms, chocolate Easter bunnies, marshmallow peeps and so on.
A simple Royal Icing is the glue that keeps our Easter sugar cookie house together and you can also use it to stick on any decorations.
Useful Tools
- Digital scales – I always use these for accurate measuring
- A rolling pin with spacing rings – for rolling out cookie dough
- Gingerbread house kit (selection of cutters) or you can print my template
- Heavy cookie sheets (trays) that will not warp in the oven
- Oxo Good Grips Baker’s Silicone decorating kit is perfect for piping the icing
- This reusable baking liner is fantastic for rolling out the dough on and for baking the cookies
- Plunger cutters (usually used to make sugarcraft decorations) are perfect for making cookie decorations for your house
- Easter cookie cutters to bake additional cookies and any decorations
Cut out the front, side and roof panels and bake until the cookies start coloring at the edges. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Remember to cut two panels for the roof and sides. Cut out any cookie decorations such as bunnies, chicks and flowers (which I used to decorate the roof).
If you want to create stained glass windows you can fill them with crushed candy (Jolly Ranchers or Fox’s Glacier Fruit) before baking.
MAKE THE ROYAL ICING
Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and beat together on low speed to combine the ingredients. Increase the speed to maximum and beat until the icing holds firm, stiff peaks. It is too dry add a little water or lemon juice a few drops at a time.
Transfer some of the icing into a piping bag (or sandwich bag) and keep the rest covered by placing plastic wrap directly on the icing as it will dry out if left uncovered.
CONSTRUCTING YOUR EASTER GINGERBREAD HOUSE
Use a cake board or plate as the base of your house. Spread thickly with some icing.
Cut a tiny hole in the piping bag and pipe icing along the sides of the front and side panels. Stick onto the base, supporting the sides if needed. The icing will dry fairly quickly and the tension between the panels will keep them in place.
Add the roof panels and stick them on. Allow the house time to dry before adding any decorations.
Let your imagination guide you when it comes to decorating your Easter house! You can bake some Easter bunnies and chicks to add to the scene 🙂
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Easter Gingerbread House
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1 cup (225g) unsalted butter , softened
- 1 cup (200g) sugar , granulated or caster
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 3 cups (360g) flour all purpose / plain + more for dusting and rolling
- ¼ tsp salt
Royal Icing
- 2 cups (240g) icing sugar confectioners /powdered
- 2 tbsp egg whites from a carton or 1 large egg
- water or lemon juice as needed, to thin the icing
- 1 tsp vanilla extract optional
Decorations
- pastel M&Ms, candy, marshmallows etc.
- mini chocolate eggs, Easter bunnies etc.
Instructions
Make the cookie dough
- Preheat the oven to 340F (170C). Put the butter, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of your stand mixer or a large mixing bowl. Beat together for at least three minutes, stopping halfway to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
- Add the egg and beat until incorporated, stopping again to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl.
- Add the flour, a little at a time, mixing it in until the dough comes together. You can mix in the last of the flour using your hands if needed.
- Turn the dough out onto your worktop and use your hands to gently knead the dough until you have a pliable, non sticky, cookie dough the consistency of Play Doh. Divide the dough into three chunks, keeping any dough you are not using covered with plastic wrap to keep from drying out.
Roll out dough and cut out
- Lightly dust your liner or baking parchment with a little flour. Use your rolling pin with ¼ inch rings to roll out the dough.
- Cut out the house panels and any other cookies and transfer the liner (or paper) onto a heavy baking sheet, spacing the cookies slightly apart.
- Repeat with the rest of the dough, gathering and using any scraps and bake the cookies in batches.
Bake the Cookies
- Bake for 6-8 minutes for smaller cookies and 9-11 minutes for slightly larger ones.
- Fill window / door cut out shapes with crushed candy to create stained glass windows.
- Carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. You can file the edges with a Microplane zester to make them level and neat.
Royal Icing
- Put the icing sugar, egg whites (from a carton is easiest), lemon juice and vanilla in a mixing bowl and start beating on the lowest setting until ingredients combine.
- Increase speed to maximum and beat until the icing holds firm, stiff peaks.Transfer the icing into a piping bag (or a sandwich bag). Keep any icing you are not using immediately covered by placing plastic wrap directly on the icing as it dries very quickly.
- If the icing is too thin you can add more icing sugar. If too thick, thin it with a little water or lemon juice.
Construct your Easter House
- Spread icing on a small cake board or a plate.
- Cut a tiny hole in the icing bag and pipe icing down the sides of the front panel of the house. Stick to the base and add the side panels, supporting them if necessary until the icing dries.
- Once the bottom of the house is sturdy you can the roof panels on top, using icing to stick the whole house together.
Decorate
- Stick your decorations using more icing until you are satisfied with the look.
Notes
- A rolling pin with spacing rings – for rolling out cookie dough
- Gingerbread house kit (selection of cutters) or you can print my template
- Heavy cookie sheets (trays) that will not warp in the oven
- Oxo Good Grips Baker’s Silicone decorating kit is perfect for piping the icing
- This reusable baking liner is fantastic for rolling out the dough on and for baking the cookies
- Plunger cutters (usually used to make sugarcraft decorations) are perfect for making cookie decorations for your house
- Easter cookie cutters to bake additional cookies and any decorations
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