X-wing Gingerbread using 3D printed cutters

Author: 3Demon 11/12/2021 3 min read

Instructions for making a gingerbread X-wing Starfighter from Star Wars

Supplies

gingerbread dough
royal icing
Paper cutout template / 3D printed cookie cutter
baking paper
a couple pins
oven 160°C (320°F)
knife

Step 1: Gingerbread Dough

You can either find a finished dough in you local shop or make it yourself. In the second case, you’ll need:

40g butter
175g honey
200-250 flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon grated orange peels

Bring the butter and honey to a boil in a pot and let it lightly bubble for about two minutes and then let it cool down.

When it cool mix all of the ingredients together well. Let the dough rest in the fridge for a couple hours.

You will have dough for more than just the X-wing from which you can make some cookies. We’ll use about 1/2 of it.

Bake at 160°C (320°F) for 10 minutes.

Step 2: Royal Icing

To decorate your X-wing Gingerbread with the icing, you will need:

1 egg white
150 g fine sugar
optionally a few drops of lemon
for colouring cocoa power and red food colouring

(you can make double the amount just to be sure but it should be enough with just one egg white)

mix the egg white with the sugar and lemon and whisk it until it becomes quite stiff
separate it into thee bowls
keep one mixture white and color one red (for effect) and one brown (for less visible joints)

Step 3: Rolling the Dough

After letting it rest take the dough from the fridge and roll in into 6 pieces 20×20 cm squares 3mm thick. You can use the 3D printed guide or just measure it.

Step 4: Cutting Out the Parts

print out these stl cookie cutters files
cut out the body set cookie cutter once from each side and the wings set twice from each side (flip them over to get a mirrored image)
all the parts should fit on two baking trays

It’s good to cut it straight away on the backing tray with the baking paper so the parts don’t get distorted when transferring it. When you have everything cut out bake it at 160°C (320°F) for 10 minutes. The small pieces did get a bit burnt so keep an eye on them and maybe take them out sooner than the others. Let them cool down before manipulating with them so they keep their shape. If they deform in the oven then a good time to adjust them is before they cool down.

You can use the rest of the dough to cut any shapes you like.

Step 5: Gluing the Wings

Glue the parts together with the royal icing. Start by assembling the small parts together and later glue the groups of parts together. Let the icing dry after each session.

Tip: you can help yourself with pins while it’s drying