Ginger GableLarge gingerbread house template
A large house 10 inches wide and 12 deep, with 6-inch walls, takes about 10 1/2 lb of dough rolled 3/8 inch thick. Pieces bigger than a sheet print in parts that you tape along a dashed line.
Side walls are two dough thicknesses shorter than the depth, so they fit between the front and back.
Your six pieces
The 10 × 12 house, worked
- Front and back wall, cut 2: 10″ wide and 11″ to the peak (6″ wall plus 5″ of gable at 45°).
- Side wall, cut 2: 11 1/4″ by 6″: the 12″ depth minus two 3/8″ thicknesses.
- Roof panel, cut 2: 13 1/2″ by 7 7/8″, with a 3/4″ overhang.
Dough: about 10 1/2 lb (4,760 g), on 16 Letter sheets. At 1/4″ instead of 3/8″, a 9 × 10 house takes 5 3/4 lb; a 12 × 14 house at 3/8″ takes 14 1/2 lb and 24 sheets.
Printing big pieces
A Letter sheet holds about 7 by 9 inches. A larger piece prints in parts, each marked "part 1 of 2" and so on, with a dashed line where the parts meet. Tape them together on the dashed line, then lay the whole piece on the dough.
Questions
How big can the template go?
Up to 16 inches wide and deep, with walls up to 10 inches.
Why does the large house use thicker dough?
The maker lets you pick; this example uses 3/8″. Thicker dough makes every piece heavier and the side walls shorter, and it needs more dough: the table on the thickness page shows how much.
Will the parts line up?
Each part is printed at true scale. Check the 1-inch bar on each sheet, then match the dashed lines exactly before taping.