Through the decades, royal icing has been the edible glue of choice when it comes to building gingerbread houses. Royal icing dries hard, doesn’t smudge or run, pipes precisely, and is quite sturdy.

Have you ever spent hours crafting an adorable gingerbread house, only to have it completely fall apart the second you tried to move it? While Christmas movies make it seem as though it's incredibly ...

Don’t judge a kit by the box. I built six gingerbread house kits to find the best one on the market. Icing consistency and pouch shape played a big part in the ease of assembly and ability to ...

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Jodi Levine is a lifelong crafter and founder of SuperMakeIt, sharing ideas for crafts made from recycled and everyday supermarket materials and author of 3 craft books: Candy Aisle Crafts, Paper ...

Kat Lieu is the author of 108 Asian Cookies and the founder of Subtle Asian Baking. Through the decades, royal icing has been the edible glue of choice when it comes to building gingerbread houses.