Ginger GableGingerbread chalet template
A chalet is tall with a steep roof: this one is 6 by 6 inches with 5-inch walls and a 58° roof, 9 3/4 inches to the peak. It takes about 3 lb of dough and prints on 8 sheets.
Side walls are two dough thicknesses shorter than the depth, so they fit between the front and back.
Your six pieces
The chalet, worked
- Front and back wall, cut 2: 6″ wide and 9 3/4″ to the peak. At 58°, the gable rises 3″ × tan 58° ≈ 4 3/4″ above the 5″ wall.
- Side wall, cut 2: 5 1/2″ by 5″.
- Roof panel, cut 2: 7″ by 6 1/8″.
Dough: about 3 lb (1,410 g) at 1/4″. The gable walls are taller than a Letter sheet holds, so each prints in two parts that you tape together on the dashed line.
The Alpine variant
Tap Alpine for a narrower 5 × 6 house with 4″ walls and a 62° roof: 8 3/4″ to the peak, about 2 1/2 lb of dough, 5 sheets.
Questions
How steep can the roof go?
Up to 65°. Past that the roof panels get long and narrow and the gable walls very tall.
Does a steeper roof need more dough?
Yes. Taller gables and longer roof panels: the chalet takes about 3 lb, against 2 3/4 lb for the classic 6 × 7 house at 45°.
Can I make the chalet wider?
Type any width; the gable gets taller with it at the same pitch.