Gingerbread house – the recipe
Gingerbread House
Ingredients
For the dough
- 500 g flour
- 100 g sugar preferably whole cane sugar
- 2 tbsp gingerbread spice OR 2 tsp ground cinnamon,1/4 tsp ground coriander seeds, 1/8 tsp cloves powder, 1/8 tsp star anise powder, 1/8 tsp cardamom powder, 1 pinch of mace powder
- 1 packet of baking powder
- 200 g honey
- 2 dl milk
For the icing
- 150 g powdered sugar
- ½ - 1 egg white
- A few drops of lemon juice
Instructions
For the gingerbread
- Preheat oven to 180°C
- Mix flour, sugar, spices and baking powder
- Add honey and milk and knead well
- On a baking tray lined with parchment paper, spread out the dough about 1 cm thick or cut out in any desired shape.
- Bake at 180°C for about 20 minutes
- Then cut into any shape and decorate as you like. With sugar icing, sugar beads, almonds etc.
- Or make a gingerbread house ?
For the icing
- Mix well all the ingredientsPour the icing into a small plastic bag and then cut off a small corner. You can then use it to decorate the house.
