Recipe for gingerbread house dough and icing for decoration

A recipe for a simple and amazing gingerbread house for Christmas.

5 z 5 ocen

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 15

Total Time 2 15

Course Christmas, Cookies

Servings 1 house

In a pot, dissolve butter, sugar, honey, and gingerbread spice together - mix thoroughly.
60 g sugar, 60 g honey, 80 g butter, 2 teaspoons gingerbread spice
Set aside the prepared mixture to cool.
Add the sifted flour and baking soda to the mixture - blend until combined.
200 g wheat flour, 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
Chill the dough overnight in the refrigerator (you can chill it longer - even a month :D).
Cut off roughly half of the dough, knead it lightly to warm it with your hands, then roll it out thinly on a floured surface.
Cut out the walls from the house template, place them on the rolled-out dough, and cut out the shapes with a sharp knife (or preferably a pastry wheel).
You can cut out the opening in the front wall with a round cookie cutter or a small shot glass.
From the remaining dough, cut out small Christmas trees, stars (which can be glued to the roof), and gingerbread men. Also cut out small rectangles to which you will glue the trees so they stand.
Place all the gingerbread pieces on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper - keep some space between them, as the gingerbread will rise slightly.
Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 12 minutes.
Immediately after baking, the gingerbread pieces will be soft, so do not move them. If any have stuck together, gently separate them now.
You can gently level (grate) the cooled and hardened house walls with a fine-mesh grater - this will make them stick better.

Sift the powdered sugar through a sieve to avoid lumps.
about 250-300 g powdered sugar
Lightly blend the egg white - just until it's foamy.
1 egg white
Add about 250 g of sugar and blend.
Add lemon juice.
1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
Set aside roughly half of the icing in a piping bag.
To the rest, add the remaining powdered sugar and blend - the icing should be thick - if necessary, add a little more sugar.
Also transfer it to a piping bag, in which you cut off one corner - just don't make too big a hole :)

Place the back wall of the house on the countertop.
Squeeze some thick icing onto the shorter sides and attach the walls - support them with cups or jars so they don't fall.
Spread icing on the top edge of the walls and carefully attach the front wall.
Leave it for a while to dry thoroughly (below are photos of my house during the gluing phase).
Only then can you gently attach the roof (you can place low bowls under its sloped part to prevent the roof from sliding off).
Once the roof is well attached, you can start decorating.
Use the previously set aside looser icing for this - make a small hole in the piping bag.
Attach the Christmas trees to their bases with the thicker icing.
Also make the icicles on the roof with the thicker icing.
Attach the finished house with thick icing to a plate or a sturdy cardboard base.
Attach small Christmas trees around the house.
Finally, sprinkle the whole thing with powdered sugar.

Have fun!

Keyword gingerbread house

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