Make a Cottage Gingerbread House

Make a Cottage Gingerbread House. December 11, 2025.

Today’s post is the result of a creative blurp that came yesterday. I love gingerbread houses, but oddly enough, I don’t enjoy all the work to build them. Yesterday, a thought came to mind using a cute cottage mold and some gingerbread cookie dough, so out came the mixer. The experiment worked so well, I repeated it again to share this quick post with you. The instructions are below.

Make a Cottage Gingerbread House

For this unique gingerbread house, I used a cottage cake mold. It ended up being very easy and cute!

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Ingredients

• A batch of your favorite gingerbread cutout dough
• House cake mold
• Cooking spray
• Powdered sugar

Instructions

• Spray your mold well! Spray all the nooks and crannies and the center tube, so it slides out easily.
  
• Starting at the bottom, press the dough in the mold taking care to fill in the details.
  
• Work your way up with the dough.
• The pan should be thickly layered with no parts of the mold visible. You want a sturdy shell that doesn't break easily when removed.
  
• Bake at 350 degrees until well done- no doughy centers. The outside should be well-browned, and the inside completely done. You will have to eyeball this while it is baking.
  
• When done remove from the oven and set it to cool for about 10 minutes. Keep the mold opening facing up.
• Take a large plate and put it on top of the mold opening. Holding the mold, flip the gingerbread house over.
  
• Carefully remove the mold. I hold the whole thing and give it a few taps on the counter to make sure it is loosened.
  
• Let the gingerbread shell cool completely.
  
• If desired, sift powdered sugar for a snowy effect.
  

Have a lovely day!

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