Best 3 Gingerbread House Icing Eggless Recipes
Are you looking for a delicious and festive way to decorate your gingerbread house this holiday season? If so, then you'll need the perfect icing recipe. In this article, we'll share an eggless gingerbread house icing recipe that is easy to make and will give your gingerbread house a beautiful and shiny finish. This icing is also great for decorating cookies, cakes, and other holiday treats.
Here are our top 3 tried and tested recipes!
EGGLESS ROYAL ICING
This Eggless Royal Icing is perfect for decorating cookies! With a subtle lemony taste, this egg-free royal icing is great for anything from sugar cookies to drawing decorative shapes or gluing together a gingerbread house. It hardens when it dries, so decorations stay in place.
Provided by Oriana Romero
Categories Dessert
Time 5m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix confectioner's sugar and water in a glass bowl until no lumps. Note: You can make this icing by hand but using an electric mixer or a stand mixer makes the mixing process a breeze.
- Add light corn syrup and mix until incorporated.
- Stir in lemon juice and mix until incorporated. NOTE: Check consistency; after mixing the ingredients together, drag the tip of a butter knife through the surface of your icing. If it takes 8 - 10 seconds to settle flat, you are good. If it's too thick, add more water (about a teaspoon at a time). If it's too thin, add a little more sifted confectioners' sugar. Continue adding more until you reach the consistency you'd like.
- Use the white icing as it is, or divide the icing into several bowls and add gel food coloring. See notes for different consistencies.
- Use immediately, or store in an airtight container with a piece of plastic wrap pressed directly onto the surface of the icing for up to 3 days. Stir gently with a spatula before using.
- Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the aquafaba and cream of tartar on medium-high speed until it reaches medium peaks, 5 to 8 minutes
- Add confectioner's sugar; mix until well incorporated.
- Add lemon juice and mix to incorporate. NOTE: Check consistency; after mixing the ingredients together, drag the tip of a butter knife through the surface of your icing. If it takes 8 - 10 seconds to settle flat, you are good. If it's too thick, add more water (about a teaspoon at a time). If it's too thin, add a little more sifted confectioners' sugar. Continue adding more until you reach the consistency you'd like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 524 kcal, Carbohydrate 135 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, Sodium 15 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 133 g, ServingSize 1 serving
GINGERBREAD HOUSE ICING
Saved this recipe from a parent workshop with my oldest daughter. Very easy to whip up, and the kids LOVED to taste it along the way!! Used whatever leftover icing to "glue" gingerbread house ingredients with a clean popsticle stick to an empty 8oz. milk carton.
Provided by AngelaC
Categories Dessert
Time 12m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- In a large clean bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer at medium speed.
- Add powdered sugar in small amounts, mixing well on high speed after each addition.
- Beat on high speed 4-5 minutes or until mixture thickens.
- Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use.
- You may need to stir icing to soften before use.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 568.2, Sodium 44.1, Carbohydrate 142.6, Sugar 139.6, Protein 2.7
VEGAN / EGGLESS ROYAL ICING
I found this on the Wilton forums when searching the web for an eggless royal icing substitute. I made a batch this morning and used it to assemble a gingerbread house. The pieces stuck together easily, the icing isn't running, and the roof isn't slipping at all. I'm very pleased! (Note: I'm posting the recipe as I found it, but I had to add an extra tsp of liquid - I used water, total of 3 tsp - as it was very pellet-like at first.)
Provided by L00k7025
Categories Dessert
Time 5m
Yield 1/2 cup
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar and first liquid (water or rice milk) until smooth.
- 2. Add corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. If icing is too thick, add more corn syrup.
- 3. Divide into bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Remember, colors will lighten slightly when dry. Dip, pour or paint with a brush onto the cookies. Set aside to dry.
- 4. Cover icing with damp cloth when not using to prevent crusting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1022.6, Fat 0.1, Sodium 23.2, Carbohydrate 262.2, Sugar 242.8
Tips:
- To make the royal icing, use a stand or hand mixer to whip the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form.
- Slowly add the powdered sugar to the egg whites, one cup at a time, until the icing is thick and glossy.
- To flood the gingerbread house, use a piping bag fitted with a small round tip. Start at the edges of the house and work your way in, filling in the entire surface.
- Let the icing dry completely before adding any decorations.
- To make the gumdrop windows, use a sharp knife to cut the gumdrops in half. Then, use a toothpick to press the gumdrops into the icing on the gingerbread house.
- To make the candy cane fence, use a sharp knife to cut the candy canes in half. Then, press the candy canes into the icing on the gingerbread house, spacing them evenly apart.
- To make the gingerbread men, use a gingerbread cookie cutter to cut out the shapes from the gingerbread dough. Then, bake the gingerbread men according to the package directions.
Conclusion:
With these tips and recipes in mind, you can easily create a beautiful and delicious gingerbread house that will be the centerpiece of your holiday celebrations. Just remember to have fun and be creative!
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