Gingerbread House - gradually master class, how to bake a gingerbread house at home, step by step recipe photos

In each family over the years, they added their own traditions associated with winter Christmas and New Year celebrations. We decided to create a festive mood with fragrant gingerbread house out of gingerbread dough. This recipe is good because the cooking process can unite the whole family. What is love to decorate gingerbread treat children - beyond words. In his recipe, I'll show you how to cook and decorate ginger gingerbread house at home. Each stage in steps illustrated in the photo.

For gingerbread need such products:

• 380 g butter or spread;
• 3 pcs. egg yolks;
• 380 g of powdered sugar;
• 900 g flour;
• 2 tbsp. l. ground ginger;
• 1 tbsp. l. ground cinnamon;
• 3 hours. L. baking powder;
• 3/4 cup invert syrup or liquid honey.

need for royal icing:

• 4 refrigerated protein;
• 600 g of powdered sugar;
• 1 h. L. lemon juice.

How to make a gingerbread house in the New Year with their own hands

Rub the softened butter with the powdered sugar. Then add to the weight of egg yolks and knead until homogeneous. Without turning off the blender, carefully pour the syrup. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger. Combine the two mixtures. At this stage it is important to pour parts of flour weight. We obtain a smooth dough. Wrap in plastic obtained semifinished ship and in the refrigerator for 1 hr.

It is necessary to prepare in advance the paper stencils. Dimensions of parts can be seen in the photo.

Chilled dough will be divided into 6 parts. 5 pieces of wrap in foil, place it in refrigerator again. Roll out the cake on parchment, test thickness should be about 5 mm. Sprinkle the surface with flour.

Now you can put a stencil and trim the excess.

After take off the pattern, here are the details obtained from the test.

So cut out all the details of the Gingerbread House. Cool workpiece 30 min.

Further bake gingerbread dough in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 15 min. Hot blank with windows can pour melted caramel, will be the effect of glass. Liquid caramel obtain conventional melting-caramel candy. Give to cool the workpiece.

And now, I'll tell you how to cook the royal frosting or icing. For this, proteins were chilled with lemon juice whisk until soft peaks form. Then, 1 tablespoon are making powdered sugar. I first prepare the icing on the half recipe, this is enough for me to decorate the facades, walls and roofs. A second portion of preparing for bonding house.

To decorate the walls and roof of the house, you can tell how your imagination. I like to paint the facades of icing and decorate the roof of roasted peanuts. To do this, we coat the roof frosting and carefully placed nuts in the form of shingles. To glaze will come from, can house the items to dry in the oven for 5 minutes at 180 ° C.

It's time to collect the ginger gingerbread house. First glue the facades and walls. You can use the match as a backup. Well we coat all welds and base lodge. It is important to gain a foothold icing, otherwise the walls will collapse. We are waiting for an hour and a half.

Let's install the roof. All seams are neatly fill icing.

Ginger gingerbread house-tale turned elegant and enchanting. It can be placed next to the Christmas tree, as an attribute of the long-awaited holiday. But this New Year's delicacy is fragrant and alluring, it is difficult for a long time just watching him. ????

Let a delicious and beautiful gingerbread houses and your house will go down Christmas story.