Gluten Free Dairy Free Gingerbread House Recipe (2024)

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If you are gluten free and/or dairy free, or if you just love a healthier version of your Christmas recipes, then you need this gluten free dairy free gingerbread house recipe! This is made with honey, molasses, gluten free flour, and refined coconut oil. All the same warm delicious spices and keeps it's shape perfectly without being refrigerated. You'd never know that this recipe was any different than your grandma's good old gingerbread recipe.

Healthy Gingerbread House (and cookies)

This recipe is made with Bob's Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour (which if you've been following along at all is my favorite). The other parts of this recipe are coconut flour, molasses, triple refined coconut oil, and cinnamon, cloves, and of course ginger.

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The only sweetener in this amazing recipe is honey. And let me tell you, it is so tasty! We were munching on this masterpiece all week long after I shot the pictures for this recipe.

I really love using triple refined coconut oil as a butter or shortening replacement in recipes. We are gluten AND dairy free which can sometimes mean substituting over half the recipe out and can get tricky. But triple refined coconut oil doesn't taste like coconut at all but acts similar way to butter and shortening in baking.

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How to Make a Gingerbread House

Making this gluten free dairy free gingerbread recipe is so easy and simple. No weird ingredients or tricks and it doesn't need to be chilled before going into the oven!

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In a medium bowl, mix together your dry ingredients - gluten free flour, coconut flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. In a large bowl, cream together your wet ingredients - egg, molasses, honey, coconut oil, and vanilla. Pour the dry ingredients into the large bowl with the wet ingredients and form a dough ball. Make sure to get everything fully mixed together. Knead the dough a few times to make sure it's really combined.

Roll the dough out onto a floured surface (flour the surface with the gluten free flour- not coconut flour for the best results). You want the dough to be about ¼ inch thick for building a gingerbread house. If you are making cookies, thicker will be a softer cookie and thinner will be crunchy.

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Using your own template or the template we have made below (it's so cute!), cut out the shapes and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes for large house pieces and 8-9 minutes for cookies.

Make sure to let it cool for at least 30 minutes after baking. If you try to decorate or assemble while it's still warm, the icing will just melt off. Yikes!

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Frost together using some royal icing as it's "glue" and decoration. Our favorite royal icing recipe is The Spruce Eats recipe (linked). Have fun decorating your homemade gluten free, dairy free gingerbread house!

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Yield: 1 house & some cookies

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Cool Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

This easy ginger bread recipe is totally gluten free and dairy free and so easy to make! With honey and molasses this recipe is healthy too but still so tasty. Print off the design and have your own gingerbread house kit right now!

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour
  • ¼ cup Coconut Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • Pinch of Salt
  • 1 Egg
  • 4 tablespoon Molasses
  • ½ cup Honey
  • ⅓ cup Refined Coconut Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, combine your dry ingredients- flour, coconut flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine your wet ingredients- egg, molasses, honey, coconut oil, and vanilla. Mix well!
  4. Pour the dry mixture into the wet mixture and combine into a dough. Knead a few times to make sure it is really well combined.
  5. On a floured surface roll the dough out to about ¼ inch thick for the gingerbread house. Cookies can be thicker for a softer cookie or thinner for a crunchy cookie.
  6. Using your own design or the design we made above, cut out your pieces using a sharp knife and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  7. Bake gingerbread house pieces for 10-12 minutes until the edges are slightly browned. Cookies bake for 8-9 minutes until edges are slightly browned.
  8. Let everything cool for at least 30 minutes before applying frosting/icing otherwise it will melt off.
  9. Assemble your gingerbread house with our favorite Royal Icing recipe from The Spruce Eats and decorate with candies and more frosting! Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 174Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 127mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 17gProtein: 2g

Nutritional information is not always 100% accurate.

Gluten Free Dairy Free Gingerbread House Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What can you eat if you're gluten and dairy free? ›

Beans, legumes, tofu, most types of tempeh, most plant-based protein powders, and some plant-based protein bars are free of dairy and gluten. Many meat and dairy substitutes, such as plant-based burgers (Amy's, Dr.

How to eat gluten and dairy free on a budget? ›

How do I eat gluten free and dairy free on a budget?
  1. Try to eat as much naturally gluten free food as possible. Fruit, yogurts, chia pudding, oatmeal (if you can tolerate oats), egg, potatoes, lettuce wrapped items, meat and veggies, etc.
  2. Buy in bulk. ...
  3. Check discount stores. ...
  4. Cook in bulk. ...
  5. Bake in bulk. ...
  6. Meal plan!
Apr 27, 2023

Do gingerbread houses have dairy? ›

Please note that some of their pre-built houses and other kits do contain dairy, but most gingerbread “build your own” kits are made without milk or egg ingredients. They include classic gingerbread houses and fun creations, like the Holiday Stadium Gingerbread Cookie Kit and Holiday Tree Gingerbread House Kit.

What is a good substitute for gingerbread in a house? ›

graham crackers! They're perfectly shaped for walls and a roof already, they're sturdy and best of all, they're edible. Each girl got a white paper plate, a set of graham crackers, and royal icing in Ziploc bag with one end snipped off so they could use it like a pastry bag.

What happens to your body when you stop eating gluten and dairy? ›

The common reasons are better digestion and faster weight loss. It may also lead to a significant improvement in their energy and mood. You need to be careful about the hidden dairy and gluten content in various products that you may consume on a daily basis. Keep reading to know how to go dairy and gluten free.

What is the disease where you can't eat gluten or dairy? ›

Celiac disease is an illness caused by an immune reaction to eating gluten. Gluten is a protein found in foods containing wheat, barley or rye. If you have celiac disease, eating gluten triggers an immune response to the gluten protein in your small intestine.

Will I lose weight if I stop eating gluten and dairy? ›

Can you go gluten-free to lose weight? People who adopt a gluten-free diet often lose weight, but it's usually because they also cut out a lot of processed foods and refined carbohydrates that contain gluten.

What to eat for breakfast when you can t have gluten or dairy? ›

To make it easier, I've listed them out so you can go right to them.
  • Blueberry Chia Seed Pudding.
  • Chocolate Banana Chia Pudding.
  • Pumpkin Walnut Chia Pudding.
  • Overnight Pumpkin Oats.
  • Blueberry Almond Smoothie.
  • Overnight Paleo Oatmeal.
  • Grain-Free Peanut Butter Cinnamon Granola.
  • Breakfast Quinoa.
Oct 12, 2023

How do you detox your body from gluten and dairy? ›

You can flush gluten out of your system quickly by:
  1. Drinking more water;
  2. Eating alkaline foods;
  3. Consuming fiber-rich foods;
  4. Exercising after eating;
  5. Taking digestive enzymes;
  6. Consuming many anti-inflammatory foods, such as apples, broccoli, mushrooms, and spinach.
May 9, 2023

What holds gingerbread houses together? ›

Gingerbread House Icing

Every house needs sturdy walls, right? Royal icing is the “glue” that holds the house together. It's also the glue adhering any candies to the walls and roof.

What is the best ingredient to keep gingerbread houses from falling apart? ›

She recommends using granulated sugar instead of royal icing to hold the walls together. How? Just melt the sugar in a pan over low heat. You want to allow it to turn brown, but make sure not to burn it (otherwise it won't taste so great).

What is the icing for gingerbread houses made of? ›

It uses two ingredients: powdered sugar and egg whites. The egg whites make the icing dry hard and fast, and this is what holds the gingerbread house together. Pasteurized egg whites are now available in the grocery store making it a safer choice for traditional royal icing.

What is the trick to putting gingerbread house together? ›

Fit Everything Together with Melted Sugar or Royal Icing

The second way is to use burnt sugar as your glue. Just melt C&H® Pure Granulated Cane Sugar in a pan on the stove, dip the gingerbread parts in and hold them together for a few seconds. Then, presto! You've created a solid house.

How do you make a gingerbread house stronger? ›

Roll the cookies out thicker. This way, they will not break as easy. As for sticking the pieces together, make your royal icing thicker, so it is stronger and dries faster. You can brace the interior of the walls with gingerbread triangles (good size ones), held in place with royal icing.

Can you eat eggs if you are gluten and dairy free? ›

Others are lactose intolerant, which results from an enzyme deficiency that makes it impossible to break down the lactose (a sugar found in dairy) in one's system. People with one or both of these conditions don't necessarily need to avoid eggs as they are devoid of milk proteins and lactose. Eggs are also gluten free.

Is peanut butter gluten-free? ›

Peanuts, peanut butter and peanut flour are all naturally gluten-free foods, which means they are safe for someone with Celiac Disease to eat.

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