New Year's atmosphere is not only about buying gifts and a decorated Christmas tree. These are also traditional dishes on the festive table, at which the whole family gathers. In a house where there are children, the gingerbread house will be the best dessert option. The recipe is quite simple: the main components are honey and aromatic spices for the gingerbread.
The house will not be completely ready when magic aromas begin to spread from the kitchen. And to complete the tale, you can make holes in the roof to remove it from the house and put a small candle inside. Children will be fascinated and will remember such a
gingerbread house for a long time
.Dough and glaze recipe
Take four cups of flour, a packet of margarine, two hundred grams of sugar, an egg, two hundred grams of honey and a couple tablespoons of cocoa. Prepare a teaspoon of spices (cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, ginger) and the same baking powder, a couple of tablespoons of milk. These are the products for the base - the walls of the house. For the glaze you will need two eggs, four hundred grams of icing sugar and lemon juice. Combine and thoroughly mix all the components for the base, only add milk not immediately, but gradually. The dough should be very dense. Roll it into a ball, wrap it with cling film and leave it for several hours at room temperature. Make blanks for the house from cardboard. Knead the dough again, roll out, sprinkling with flour, and use the cardboard templates to cut out the necessary details.
Do not forget to make the base on which the walls of the house will be attached - round or square. In the roof elements, immediately make holes for the ribbon, for which you can remove them. Put the prepared parts on a baking sheet covered with baking paper, and bake for a quarter of an hour at a temperature of 200 degrees. Cool and cook the glaze. Separate the squirrels from the yolks and beat them into a dense foam. Slowly add powdered sugar into the protein, add lemon juice. Lubricate the resulting glaze with the platform on which you put the house, and the edges of the walls, glue them together and install on the platform. Wait for the glaze to solidify. Pass the ribbons into the holes on the roof, put the roof on the house and decorate it with the rest of the glaze, painting the walls with patterns. If you want to place a candle inside, it will be enough just to raise the top by the ribbons. As you can see, cooking a gingerbread house is not at all difficult. Both children and adults will be pleased. If you want something even more special, use the tips on how to decorate the gingerbread house.
Original Jewelry Recipe
Do you find the gingerbread walls and white frosting boring? Try decorating your holiday dessert with a more sophisticated finish, such as candy windows. Such a recipe for a gingerbread house with a photo will immediately convince you - the whole family will remember the holidays for a long time. So, how to make bright glass in the windows of your house? Take colorful candies and chop them. When sending blanks for the product to the oven, cut out the windows on the walls and pour candy crumb into them. It will melt from heat, turning into a sweet stained glass window. You can also make a tiled roof on your gingerbread house. The recipe offers different options: on the icing, you can stick pillows with filling or chocolate balls for breakfast. The walls can be decorated with chocolate dragees, caramel, pastry sprinkles. Try, experiment, and your New Year's tea party will turn into a real fairy tale.