Bake up a vegan gingerbread house with this delicious vegan gingerbread recipe.  I based this eggless gingerbread recipe on the amazing gingerbread house recipe [1] my family has been using for decades, and for baking thousands of gingerbread houses.

I developed this vegan gingerbread house recipe because one of my daughter's friends has a serious egg allergy, and I wanted her to be included in the fun of our gingerbread tradition. 

To convert my gingerbread house recipe into a vegan gingerbread recipe, I only needed to replace the eggs.  I used aquafaba--the liquid from a can of chickpeas--as the egg substitute to make my eggless gingerbread house.

If you don't like eating chickpeas, and don't want to waste any beans, you can actually purchase powdered aquafaba [2]!  I didn't know that until after I'd already bought the cans of chickpeas, but I was planning to roast them to make a snack, anyway.

Vegan Gingerbread Recipe:

• 2 Cups granulated white sugar

• 1 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons brown sugar

• 1 Cup solid vegetable shortening

• 12 Tablespoons aquafaba

• 3 Tablespoons molasses

• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

• 2 teaspoons baking soda

• 1 Tablespoon ginger

• 1 Tablespoon cinnamon

• 6 Cups flour

The instructions for making the dough, and how to roll it out and bake the pieces, is exactly the same as my traditional gingerbread house recipe [1], so head over to that blog post for all the details.

The dough behaved just like the non-vegan gingerbread dough I've been making for years.  It had the same feel, and rolled out just as easily.

It baked a little faster than my standard gingerbread house dough.  If you're making small pieces or gingerbread men, check the cookies at 10 minutes.  If you're making a large sheet of gingerbread to cut into four roof pieces, I cooked the full, normal 14 minutes.

The vegan gingerbread was a little more crisp than my usual gingerbread recipe--but that's a great thing for constructing gingerbread houses!  Though it was more crisp, it was still delicious and a great texture for eating, too.  

I was so glad I was able to include my daughter's friend in our holiday tradition safely!  And I'm delighted to have a vegan gingerbread house recipe in my repertoire now.  

Be sure to check out the vegan royal icing recipe [3] I used to assemble and decorate the vegan gingerbread houses.

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Other Special Diet Gingerbread House Recipes You Might Like:

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