Learn To Make This Beautiful Gingerbread House!

Learn how to make this beautiful gingerbread house decorated with royal icing in the latest tutorial in my Cookie Art Club!

This gingerbread house was inspired by the beautiful colors of oxidized copper. I used a combination of rose gold, red, and bronze luster dusts to create this color.

a gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper and an embossed filigree design. The windows are painted with yellow and orange to look like they're glowing. The gingerbread house is on a kraft paper doily on a gold plate with bokeh lights, fairy lights, and evergreen boughs in the background.a gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper and an embossed filigree design. The windows are painted with yellow and orange to look like they're glowing. The gingerbread house is on a kraft paper doily on a gold plate with bokeh lights, fairy lights, and evergreen boughs in the background.

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A close up of the gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper with an embossed filigree design. The glowing windows are surrounded by royal icing evergreens with berries and there is royal icing snow and icicles on the window sills and along the roof. A close up of the gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper with an embossed filigree design. The glowing windows are surrounded by royal icing evergreens with berries and there is royal icing snow and icicles on the window sills and along the roof. A close up of the gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper with an embossed filigree design. The glowing windows are surrounded by royal icing evergreens with berries and there is royal icing snow and icicles on the window sills and along the roof.

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As I mentioned above, I used a combination of a few different luster dusts to make this copper finish. You can use copper luster dust straight out of the bottle, but I didn’t order mine in time for this project.

Sweet Sticks brand makes a beautiful copper luster dust. Here’s an example of a leaf cookie I made using their copper luster dust.

An oak leaf shaped cookie decorated with an embossed filigree design and a faux oxidized copper finish. The cookies are on a kraft paper doily on a gold platter on a wooden table.An oak leaf shaped cookie decorated with an embossed filigree design and a faux oxidized copper finish. The cookies are on a kraft paper doily on a gold platter on a wooden table.An oak leaf shaped cookie decorated with an embossed filigree design and a faux oxidized copper finish. The cookies are on a kraft paper doily on a gold platter on a wooden table.

The embossed filigree design is a technique that I first used for a design in my book, Cookie Canvas. It’s done by piping a filigree pattern with royal icing, letting it dry, and then covering the filigree with a thin layer of royal icing.

A front view of the gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper and an embossed filigree design. The windows are painted with yellow and orange to look like they're glowing. The gingerbread house is on a kraft paper doily on a gold plate with bokeh lights, fairy lights, and evergreen boughs in the background.A front view of the gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper and an embossed filigree design. The windows are painted with yellow and orange to look like they're glowing. The gingerbread house is on a kraft paper doily on a gold plate with bokeh lights, fairy lights, and evergreen boughs in the background.A front view of the gingerbread house decorated to look like oxidized copper and an embossed filigree design. The windows are painted with yellow and orange to look like they're glowing. The gingerbread house is on a kraft paper doily on a gold plate with bokeh lights, fairy lights, and evergreen boughs in the background.

Here’s what you’ll need to make this beautiful gingerbread house

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  • Chilled sheet of gingerbread cookie dough or construction cookie dough, or pre-baked gingerbread house panels (the one I used is similar to this set from Sprinkle Pop)
  • Gingerbread house templates (if you’re not using pre-baked panels)
  • Royal icing
  • Super Red, Leaf Green, Sky Blue, and Brown food coloring (I used Ann Clark brand food coloring)
  • Canary Yellow and Sunset Orange airbrush color (I used Chefmaster brand)
  • Scribe tool
  • 7 12” Decorating bags
  • Decorating tips 2 and 3
  • Couplers & Bag ties (I used Wilton brand)
  • Copper luster dust or make your own with rose gold, red, and bronze
  • Vodka, extract, or paint powder activator for painting with luster dust
  • Decorator brushes (I used Wilton and Sweet Sticks brand)
  • Paint palette or small dish

Relevant tutorials: Royal Icing 101 and How To Pipe Filigree – available in the Cookie Art Club

A view of the roof of the gingerbread house. The roof has a scalloped design that is decorated to look like oxidized copper. It is lined with royal icing snow and icicles.A view of the roof of the gingerbread house. The roof has a scalloped design that is decorated to look like oxidized copper. It is lined with royal icing snow and icicles.A view of the roof of the gingerbread house. The roof has a scalloped design that is decorated to look like oxidized copper. It is lined with royal icing snow and icicles.

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