The pattern i chose was a shingle looking loop that resembles a real house roof.
Gingerbread houses with black roof.
For the roof of the house i decided to create a pattern design and repeat it until i covered the entire top surface of the gingerbread house.
Top the roof of your gingerbread house with tasty peppermint bark for a snowy icy feel.
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We used candy rocks for the exterior rolled wafer cookies for exposed beams and a heaping helping of royal icing and coarse sugar for the snow kissed rooftop.
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For example when walking down the halloween clearance aisles at wal mart i spotted black decorating sugar for 0 40 bottle.
Use piping tips to cover the entire house with blocks outlined with the icing.
Starting at the top point i made large piping loops until i created a row.
Peppermint bark is also great as pave stones to create a walkway or as accents like a door.
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I used the sugar on the victorian style house i built this year.
Start with a very large gingerbread house design that has a roof attached.
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Just right baked gingerbread gets hard but with time gets softer again.
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I knew as soon as i saw it that it would add great texture and shimmer to a candy shingle roof on a gingerbread house.
Have some gingerbread house decorations nearby and assign each child a square and let them decorate as they wish.
Many different textures can be created by using a spatula to make a look of fallen snow.
For gingerbread houses i would advocate to very slightly overbake it usually you want to have it as decoration not as much to eat.
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Experiment with using the white peppermint side or the brown dark chocolate side facing up for this unique peppermint bark gingerbread house.