The top two cookies are sides and the bottom rectangles are the front and back of the gingerbread house. When you assemble the house, the extra pretzel length covers the rough edges of the adjoining sides.Ĭheck out the pieces. I used about 3/4″ of overhang on each side. The logs need to extend beyond the right and left sides of the gingerbread cookie. Here’s the important part of the front and back. The logs must end flush with the sides of the cookie.Ĭover the Front and Back with Pretzel Logs Score and snap the pretzels with a serrated knife to create custom lengths. Spread brown royal icing on the two side cookies and press in pretzels.
#Pretzel log cabin windows#
The thin pretzel sticks outline windows and doors.įor Royal Icing instructions, click here. The medium sized sticks cover the four sides of the house as edible logs. The biggest ones are the thickness of your index finger and make a perfect roof. You’ll need the three sizes of pretzels pictured below. You don’t need it yet, but the counter is covered with crumbs. Go ahead and trim one of the extra house pieces, in this case a side, to use as a base for the fireplace. The roof piece on the left has been trimmed. Again, if cutting through your particular gingerbread piece proves too difficult, score and then snap the pieces. Use a serrated knife with light sawing motions to cut the cookie. Use a pencil and straightedge to draw a line marking the height of the first story (before the sides triangle in). We’re going to turn the roof pieces into the front and back panels of the house. If cutting through your particular gingerbread piece proves too difficult, score and then snap the pieces. Third, use a serrated knife with light sawing motions to cut the cookie. Second, microwave the cookie for 15-20 seconds to soften it. We’re going to modify the cookies a bit to create a larger house.Ĭut triangles from the front and back panels to square off the sides.įirst, mark the cut lines with a pencil.
The kit supplied these gingerbread pieces. Put sprinkles that look like Fall leaves under the windows instead of the wintertime holly leaves and berries.
To embrace the autumn look, add mellowcreme or jelly pumpkins. We’ll add a winter covering of snow in the next blog entry, but for now it looks warm, cozy and perfect for the Fall. Welcome to a Little Cabin in the Woods, a log cabin constructed from a gingerbread house kit, brown royal icing, and pretzels.
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