gingerbread house

Overview

As we enter the end of the year, we are about to usher in the coldest weather of the year (although it is still sunny in Shenzhen at this time, haha), and we are also ushering in the most important festival in Western society - Christmas. When you think of Christmas, what do you think of? Shining Christmas trees, Christmas socks filled with gifts, Santa Claus driving a sleigh, reindeer running in the fields with falling snow... As the most solemn festival in the West, Christmas is like the Chinese Spring Festival, a festival for family reunions. Outside the window, snowflakes were flying; inside, there was laughter and joy. Firewood is burning in the fireplace, family and friends are sitting around under the decorated Christmas tree, children are opening gifts, and adults are chatting while tasting various delicacies. Gingerbread houses are desserts placed under the Christmas tree for decoration. They are an essential Christmas dessert in many families. Christmas is this weekend. Many squares, shopping malls and stores in Shenzhen have been decorated with various Christmas decorations. Even kindergarten classrooms are full of Christmas atmosphere. Children are also doing various Christmas crafts under the guidance of teachers, and the festive atmosphere is getting stronger. Today, at the invitation of Sister Ni, I will make a gingerbread house for everyone in advance. I wish all the adults and children a Merry Christmas! Gingerbread houses are mini houses of various shapes made of baked gingerbread cookies, and then decorated with icing, candies and decorations. It is definitely one of the most seasonal foods at Christmas and is well-deserved for its appearance.

Tags

• baking
• brown sugar
• butter
• cake flour
• chocolate
• egg
• egg white
• ginger powder
• honey
• cinnamon powder
• lemon juice
• milk
• powdered sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Take 60 grams of butter, slice it into slices and dissolve it in water until it becomes liquid.

   

2. 2 Add 130 grams of brown sugar.

   

3. 3 Mix well.

   

4. 4 After cooling, add 1 egg (about 45 grams), 60 grams of milk and 130 grams of honey.

   

5. 5 Mix well.

   

6. 6 Sift together 500g of cake flour, 2g of cinnamon powder and 3g of ginger powder. (If you like the strong taste, you can add a little more ginger powder and cinnamon powder, if you don’t like it, you can reduce it appropriately)

   

7. 7 Use a spatula to stir the dough into a uniform dough. Do not overmix.

   

8. 8 Divide into 3 portions, put into plastic bags, flatten slightly with a rolling pin, and refrigerate at 4°C for about 1 hour.

   

9. 9 Take out the refrigerated dough and use a rolling pin to roll it into a 3-5 mm thick cake (it is recommended that the cake on the roof be thinner, such as 3 mm, and the cake on the wall can be slightly thicker, such as 5 mm). To prevent bubbling and arching during baking, use a fork to prick the top of the cake with many small holes.

   

10. 10 The bottom of the cake is full of holes.

    

11. 11 Use the gingerbread house mold to press out various shapes for the house (in addition, press a few more gingerbread cookies and snowflakes that the children like), roll out the remaining dough into a large cookie sheet as the base, place it in a baking tray (divided into two trays for baking), and preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

    

12. 12 Cut into various shapes.

    

13. 13 After the oven reaches the preheated temperature of 180 degrees, place the baking sheet in the middle of the oven and bake for about 20 minutes.

    

14. 14 Take 2 egg whites (separate them from the egg yolks and freeze them briefly at 0°C or -20°C, with a thin layer of ice on the surface), pour them into a water-free and oil-free basin, add about 10 drops of lemon juice (white vinegar can be used instead if you don’t have lemon), beat at slow speed until coarsely foamed, add 400 grams of powdered sugar in 3 times, beat evenly at slow speed each time, and then use high speed.

    

15. 15 Whip until the meringue becomes viscous and does not drip easily when hung on a whisk. The frosting is ready.

    

16. 16 Use the viscosity of the icing sugar to glue the parts except the roof together and let them dry.

    

17. 17 After drying, glue the roof on with icing sugar, and use icing sugar to decorate the base, roof and every gap of the house.

    

18. 18 When the icing on the roof is almost dry, you can decorate it with chocolate or candies and sift in powdered sugar.

    

19. 19 Finished product picture. It’s small and beautiful, and it looks even more beautiful when placed with a Christmas tree. Is it as a decoration or a dessert? Haha