Keto Gingerbread Village

Build 3-Dimensional, Easy Keto Gingerbread Village using our Sugar-Free Gingerbread Cookies Recipe for the most beautiful Centrepiece on your Holiday Table. Add Keto Gingerbread House and decorate with Royal Icing for the Edible DIY Christmas Project with your Family. 

Decorate with icing, sprinkles, chocolate chips, or white chocolate chips. Make snow from our shredded coconut and add red strawberry powder for that holiday feel.

The best snow effect can be achieved using our meringue frosting with sprinkled coconut shreds on top.

You can use our homemade curd cheese and whipped cream as a base for the floor and our wonderful Christmas tree cupcakes to give your entire winter snowy village.

Keto Christmas time

Celebrating Christmas is one holiday everyone looks forward to.

My first year was a struggle. I had no idea what to cook or bake. Everything we used seemed filled with carbs.

But then came a few trials and, of course, some errors. And we are here, and I have everything you need for you. Fully keto, low carb, sugar-free, gluten-free, and perfect fit for people with diabetes.

For additional table decoration, I have pine cone cheese ball and a Christmas tree cheese ball.

Sauerkraut soup and potato salad are a must on our dinner table, together with challah bread for breakfast.

Next comes a basket of keto cookies with vanilla crescents, a gingerbread recipe, and meringue cookies. Finish it with a glass of eggnog as an aperitif and mulled wine throughout the evening. The party can start.

Can you have gingerbread on keto?

Replacing flour and sugar with our sugar substitutes and keto flour alternatives gives you a great start.

Blending it with a few more ingredients and all gingerbread spices results in a gingerbread dough everyone will love. It is tasty and sweet, smells like a pure Christmas, and, once baked, is perfect for decorating.

How many carbs are in gingerbread pieces?

Taking a 3D cookie kit, where each piece is assembled from 2 parts of cookies, gives you 2 grams of carbs and 2 grams of fiber per statue.

Taking net carbs into the calculation, you will end up with 0 net carbs per piece.

Gingerbread House

Two components need to be included.

A gingerbread house made next to the whole village and icing. I have not made any icing since there was nothing to connect, and using a powdered sweetener on top of the entire village was beautiful and super easy.

With regards to the house, when I first saw the 3D gingerbread village cookie cutter set, I fell in love with it instantly and ordered it. I have not even researched further and had no idea there are sets together with a gingerbread house.

Well, that was my big mistake. But whether you have a house next to it does not mater.

I love my village, and the table centerpiece looks beautiful anyway.

Sugar-free icing

As I have yet to make my icing for the house to hold, I can give you some suggestions.

Our meringue frosting recipe is delicious and fantastic. This frosting I used in so many recipes. But it might not hold the gingerbread pieces.

Buttercream frosting is also used as it is easy to work with.

Keto royal icing

Royal icing can be a second option for attaching your house together. I do not have a royal icing recipe on my site but simply whisk together two egg whites with 3 cups of powdered sweetener until thoroughly combined.

Depending on the thickness, you can add drops of lemon juice or a few drops of water at a time to thin it a bit.

If too thin, add one to two teaspoons of cream of tartar and egg white powder, which helps the icing hold.

Royal icing should also harden after a while.

This is especially great if you are trying to decorate your house. Using royal icing, your house will stand without problems and have roof pieces on top.

What sweetener works best in this recipe

In the recipe, I use two types of sweeteners. Powdered version and liquid.

The powdered sweetener can be allulose, monk fruit, or any mixture base. It is best to use powdered and not crystallized. If you only have a crystalized version, grinding it in a magic bullet or a coffee grinder will get you a perfect powder.

With regard to the liquid sweetener, I have used it as a replacement for honey. You can pick from our suggested sugar replacements or make homemade sweeteners.

I occasionally mix the simple syrup with brown sugar because it contains yacon syrup as a base.

Yacon syrup was the honey replacement I used at the beginning of our low-carb journey when I had no idea anything else existed.

Gingerbread village kit

As you see in the video, I have used a gingerbread village kit I purchased on amazon. The one I bought was without a house cookie cutter, but you can go and add that in as well. I so love this kit because it will easily allow me to build a perfect edible three-dimensional village, which also looks outstanding as a decoration.

Gingerbread village ideas

As my recipe is pretty simple, but on the other site, quick and easy to make, you can go even further and use some of the suggestions:

• Meringue frosting – great for the base as snow as well as decoration on top of the trees.
• Homemade curd cheese – great for building tiny mountains or snowballs. It can also add more structure to the snow.
• Shredded coconut – sprinkled on icing or frosting, it gives an illusion of snowflakes as they look like snow.
• Whipped cream – great to mix with curd cheese for a snow effect.
• Christmas tree cupcakes – placed around the village for Christmas trees.
• Sprinkles – pick your favorite colors and decorate whatever you wish in the village.
• Dark chocolate chips – as a decoration for the house or trees.
• White chocolate chips – more tree and house decoration.
• Strawberry powder – great as a shiny tinsel garland.
• Meringue cookies – can be used as tiny snow rocks.
• Gummy bears candy – spread around the village for little people effect.
• Sugar free candies – if you have some at home, those could be great for decoration as well.
• Soft teddy bear cookies – great for spreading around the village.

Also, if you have some leftovers from the dough, you can use various cookie cutters like animals or mini gingerbread people. To make them stand, pipe a line of our meringue frosting or royal icing on the base.

How to make a gingerbread house

If you have purchased the cookie gingerbread house kit, it is easy to build your house.

Again use royal icing as a glue and decorate with the ideas I have mentioned above.

Best gingerbread village recipe

Let us start baking and decorating the best-ever edible keto gingerbread village.

Kitchen gadgets needed:

• Glass mixing bowl
• Parchment paper
• Rolling pin
• Xmas village cookie cutters
• Silicone rolling sheet
• Egg Brush
• Baking tray

Gingerbread village ingredients:

• Egg
• Almond Flour
• Butter
• Liquid sweetener
• Vanilla Protein
• Baking powder
• Sugar substitute
• Gingerbread spices

*Exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.

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STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR A LOW CARB GINGERBREAD HOUSE OR VILLAGE

First step: Prepare ingredients

Prepare all of the ingredients together to make the gingerbread dough. If you swap vanilla protein with natural, add more sugar replacement.

For spices, mix nutmeg, coriander, fennel, anis, cardamom, ginger, and cinnamon, and use three teaspoons for the mixture.

Second step: Mix the dough

In a big mixing bowl, add all the ingredients and mix until all combined.

Place into the fridge for at least an hour. The same dough is used for making our gingerbread cookies.

Third step: Roll the dough

Take out the dough and roll approximately ¼ inch thick sheet. You can use protein powder or almond flour to prevent the dough from sticking together. You can also use a sheet of parchment paper to cover the dough before rolling.

Fourth step: Cut out the shapes

Using your cookie cutters, cut all the desired shapes and place them one by one on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Fifth step: Egg wash and bake

Whisk together one egg yolk until smooth. You can add a few drops of almond milk. Using a brush, spread the egg wash onto each piece of cuttings.

Place into the oven and bake at 170 Celsius or 325 Fahrenheit for approximately 9 minutes.

Sixth step: Assemble and decorate

Once everything is baked, let the pieces thoroughly cool down and start assembling.

Cookies from the 3D set do not need any icing to hold as they are shaped to stand on their own. If you have made other shapes like gingerbread men or animals, you can stick those on a board using icing or frosting as glue.

Enjoy and decorate.

Tips and tricks for making keto gingerbread house recipe

• Gingerbread spices – a simple mixture of nutmeg, coriander, fennel, anis, cardamom, ginger, and cinnamon in equal amounts gives you the best seasoning mix.
• Xanthan gum – some recipes contain a bit of xanthan gum to help in rolling, but I have not used it and feel there is no need in our recipe. 
• Icing – it is best to place all of the royal icing to a piping bag and pipe the icing as glue for attaching your decorations.
• Toothpick – is excellent to use for a mini amount of icing, for example, eyes or little dots on the tree.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What keto decoration can you use?

There are many ideas and simple recipes you can use as decoration. I have already explained all of the ideas in the article above.

Still, to give you brief tips, you can use meringue frosting, homemade curd cheese, shredded coconut, whipped cream, sprinkles, dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, strawberry powder, meringue cookies or gummy bears.

Substitute for honey

As original gingerbread contains honey, which gives them that beautiful flavor, we try to replace it with different sugar substitutes in our lifestyle.

If you do have sugar-free honey at home, you can use that. But if not, there are now so many brands selling one already.

You can also make your own mixing simple syrup together with brown sugar and whisk until all is combined and melted.

Can you build keto gingerbread chaffle waffle house?

Using our chaffle – waffle recipe or ice cream cones recipe, you can also build the house. All you need is to cut the pieces to square waffles, a bit of icing to hold it all together, some decoration and your project can start. They are great to put together to form walls and roof.

How do you store low-carb gingerbread house and village?

Once assembled, depending on the decoration used, your whole village should be perfect for placing on your table as a decoration.

It does not have to be refrigerated or covered and will stay for 2 to 3 weeks.

Again you have to take into consideration the additional decorations used. For example, a fresh whipped cream would only last a day or two if placed outside.

More keto Christmas recipes

• Santa hats cupcakes
• Chocolate roulade
• Cranberry sauce
• Salmon roulade
• Eggnog popsicles
• Hot chocolate mix

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