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What is a gingerbread house? Well, it's a house made of gingerbread. Essentially, a gingerbread house is a rather individual form of cookie. It's made from cookie dough that is cut into the appropriate shapes - walls, roofs etc. - then baked and assembled. The most common type of material used is a crisp ginger biscuit made from gingerbread, but they can also be built from dough that is moulded into shape then baked.
Gingerbread, and gingerbread houses, are both associated with Christmas, so December is a logical time of year to celebrate them. Once the house is assembled (melted sugar tends to be used as "mortar", as does royal icing), it is decorated with such as icing to represent snow. Candies can be used to further decorate the house, or even make parts such as the roof. Gingerbread houses can range from a simple gingerbread cabin to a full-blown mansion, and just about any type of building has been made into a gingerbread house at some point. Even entire villages have been made this way.
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