Gingerbread house with your own hands

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

What can you make a gingerbread house out of? The name itself says that the gingerbread plays the main role here. That's what we're going to do now.

Required ingredients and dough preparation steps

For the test we need: 180 gr. honey, 150 gr. brown sugar, 100 gr. butter, 450 gr. sifted wheat flour, 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of karmadona, 1 teaspoon of ground ginger, 1 egg, 100 gr. sour cream.

Put sugar and honey into a ladle or pan and heat over low heat. Add butter. Stir to achieve a homogeneous mass. Pour the flour, spices, egg, sour cream into a bowl and pour the mixture of honey and butter. We knead all this, cover with a film and send it to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Pattern

You must first draw a gingerbread house on paper. The pattern should consist of two rectangles - these are the walls. We cut out windows in them. You will also need two rectangles (1 cm longer than the previous ones) - the roof. A complex figure - a square and a triangle connected together - the other two walls. Such parts must be made in two pieces. In one we cut out the door, in the other, if desired, a window. and four smallpipe parts. From paper patterns, you must fold the house, check the correctness of the details.

The process of creating a house

We roll out an even layer about 0.5 cm thick and start cutting out the details using paper templates. Don't forget about the biggest part - the stand, which can be of any shape, but large enough to fit the house. We carefully transfer the finished parts from the dough to a baking sheet covered with paper. We bake in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees for only 15 minutes. After cooling, you should assemble the gingerbread house and decorate as you wish.

How to glue the house together

To glue the house, you need to prepare a mixture of 3 egg whites and 120 gr. powdered sugar. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and gradually add the powder while continuing to beat. The result should be a thick mass. In order for the whipped proteins with powder not to dry out during work, cover them and put them in the refrigerator. First you need to connect the walls and the base (the floors of the house - stand). Lubricate and assemble all four walls, leave to dry. If desired, you can use toothpicks to firmly hold together.

House decoration

The last stage is the most enjoyable: collecting and decorating the house. Get your kids involved in this activity. For decoration, various confectionery powders, multi-colored caramel, colored marmalade are used. A fence, for example, can be built from all sorts of ready-made cookies and crackers. The door is made of chocolate. Decorate the top of the gingerbread housecoconut flakes or powdered sugar - you get an imitation of snow. You can have fun with your kids. Appreciate this time, you and your children will remember it for a lifetime, as positive and filled with all sorts of fantasies.

Can you make a gingerbread house with your own hands? Such cute "gingerbread" in the photo - they can be a perfect New Year's gift for your colleagues and friends.