Nothing says “Christmas” quite like a beautifully decorated gingerbread house. Of course, you can achieve the same festive feeling (and require less patience) from baking gingerbread biscuits with festive icing and decorations, or making your favourite treats – from cheesecake to truffles – infused with gingerbread flavours.
Whether you’re looking for the perfect opportunity to hone your gingerbread house-building skills, or simply love the winning combination of sugar, ginger and cinnamon, we’ve rounded up our favourite must-try gingerbread recipes.
Candice Brown’s Gingerbread House
Making and decorating a quintessential gingerbread house is the perfect festive activity to do with loved ones of all ages. This recipe from Candice Brown has all the decorative touches you need – including “stained glass” windows made from boiled sweets.
Mary Berry’s Classic Sticky Gingerbread
Mary Berry’s gingerbread traybake recipe couldn’t be simpler to make, and is deliciously sticky and sweet thanks to the mix of golden syrup, black treacle, and muscovado sugar. If you do manage to resist eating it all in one day, you can also keep or freeze the leftovers.
Gingerbread House
Biscuiteers’ recipe for assembling the perfect gingerbread house is the ultimate festive project for aspiring star bakers, and is sure to impress your Christmas guests.
Rochelle Humes’ Gingerbread Biscuits
These simple seven-ingredient gingerbread biscuits are great for making (and decorating) with budding bakers of all ages.
Jane’s Patisserie’s No-Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake
Looking for a way to use up your leftover ginger biscuits? Use them to make the biscuit base (and decorations) of this indulgent cheesecake made with a vanilla and cinnamon cream cheese filling.
Benjamina Ebuehi’s Gingerbread Roulade
Benjamina Ebuehi’s classic dessert with a twist takes the flavours of gingerbread to create this festive centrepiece, with a rich creamy filling encased in a light, perfectly spiced meringue.
Fitwaffle’s Gingerbread Trifle
Looking for an impressive, fun alternative to Christmas pudding this year? Fitwaffle has the solution with this easy, no-bake trifle that requires just a handful of store-bought ingredients.
Iced and Spiced Gingerbread
Ideal for a festive teatime treat or homemade edible gift, these individual ginger loaf cakes come together in under 45 minutes.
Gingerbread Truffles
Another brilliant edible gift idea, these moreish three-ingredient truffles are as delicious as they are eye-catching.
Nigella Lawson’s Luscious Vegan Gingerbread
Proving that gingerbread can be just as sticky, luscious and moreish without eggs and dairy, this Nigella recipe is the perfect festive (and freezer-friendly) vegan bake.
