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This tutorial shows how to make five different styles of gingerbread house windows including cut holes, stained glass, lit candy, overlay, and freestanding style.
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Hey Bakers! I’m Kristen from Wicked Goodies and in this video, I’m going to demonstrate 5 ways to make windows on gingerbread houses.
Technique #1: Hole in the Wall
I’ll start with the classic hole in the wall, the kind of window that I recommend cutting out with a cookie cutter. I like this technique because it allows people to see inside the house. An alternative to the hole in the wall effect is the cut-away wherein you omit the whole back wall of a house so people can see all the details inside, like in this Santa’s Workshop example.
Technique #2: Stained Glass Icing Inset
This variation combines the hole in the wall effect with iced cookie windows, which get attached to the inside of wall pieces for a concave inset effect. In this example, I’m marking the intended shape of the design with a cookie cutter and ruler to use as guide for the icing. I’m using dark brown edging to evoke the look of stained glass. The trick is to make sure all your windows are bigger than the holes so you have room to attach them to the inside of your walls. All these windows got sealed to the back of the walls before the assembly process.
Technique #3: Stained Glass Candy
Next is the classic stained glass effect made of hard candies like jolly ranchers or life savers. The trick to this effect is to bake your pieces about two thirds of the way to completion and then add broken pieces of candy into the holes and return them to the oven. The candy will melt and spread out, filling the holes. It only takes a few minutes so you want to stick around and keep your eye on it. It’s important to bake these parts a piece of parchment paper or silpat. For long-term display, I recommend using isomalt instead of hard candy. It holds up better over time.
Technique #4: Overlay
Using strips or coils of raw gingerbread house dough, you can also bake window frames into the sides of walls. Later, you can flood the cavities with icing to make window panes and once those are dry, pipe muntins.
Technique #5: 3D Free Standing Windows
Lastly, you can construct and decorate your windows independently using the overlay effect then attach them to your house later on. I use this technique mainly for rounded walls on which the windows can’t be done in advance.
Well that’s five ways I like to make windows edible. A more detailed video on techniques #4 and 5 is included in my book, Gingerbread House Dough Recipe & Baking Instructions. I’ve included the link to get that book below.
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