Christmas gingerbread house

By KarenRoberts

Christmas gingerbread house
Christmas Eve, in addition to wishing all friends a Merry Christmas, happiness and peace! Tuopu Mom still has one most important person to wish, and that is my dearest baby. Every year Christmas Eve is also my Tuopu's birthday. The little guy turns four years old today! Mom doesn't have any big wishes. As long as you can be happy every day and live every day safely and happily, it is her greatest happiness.

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Steps for Christmas gingerbread house

  • Make  step 0
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    Add brown sugar to hot water and stir until completely dissolved.
  • Make  step 1
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    Add honey, stir well, and let cool.
  • Make  step 2
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    Mix the low flour, powdered sugar, cinnamon powder, and ginger powder, sieve and place in a large basin.
  • Make  step 3
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    Melt butter in a microwave and pour into a bowl.
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    Add beaten eggs.
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    Add the cooled brown sugar honey water.
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    Use a chopstick to stir clockwise until there is no dry powder.
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    Pour it on pad paper or rubber pad, knead it with your hands into a smooth dough, then wrap it with plastic wrap, and place it in the refrigerator to relax for 1 hour.
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    Waking up time, cut out the model of the hut from cardboard.
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    After an hour, take out the relaxed dough, place it on the chopping board and roll it into a thin dough sheet with a thickness of about 0.3CM. If the chopping board is not big enough, you can divide the dough into small portions and roll it in time.
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    Place the cut paper model on the dough sheet and use a knife to cut the pattern along the edge of the model.
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    Re-knead the dough sheets after cutting the house model, roll them out, and use a cookie mold to create patterns such as Christmas trees and small mushrooms.
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    This is my birthday boy working on the mold. Look at how happy he is, his eyes are smiling. Basically, as long as he can make trouble next to his mother, it is the happiest thing for him.
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    Roll out all unused dough into a large dough sheet, which can be slightly thicker, so that it can withstand the weight of the gingerbread house and not break when you are picked up.
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    Put the cut dough sheet on the baking sheet and try not to deform it. After baking, the edges of the deformed dough sheet are not neat, and the house will be difficult to build. Use a fork to make some holes to vent.
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    Mix well 10 grams of eggs and 20 grams of water, and dip in the egg water with a brush.
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    Brush a layer of egg water liquid, let sit and relax for about 20 minutes, then brush another layer of egg water liquid, and place it in a preheated oven. Heat the middle layer to 180 degrees for about 12-18 minutes (depending on the size of the biscuit). Bake until you like the color. You can take it out. You will definitely not be able to finish it one plate at a time, so you have to bake all the "parts" well and don't leak it.
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    The time it takes for the cookies to be baked and cooled (don't touch it when it is hot, it will easily deform or break) Let's make meringue. Beat the egg white until it is soaked in the fish eye, add powdered sugar and mix it, then add lemon juice, continue to beat, until it is dry, it becomes meringue.
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    Put the beaten meringue into a decoration bag (use a small round flower spout, or cut a small hole directly if there is no flower spout).
  • Make  step 19
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    To start building the house, build the base first, use icing to glue the corresponding biscuits as shown in the picture. After the base dries completely, glue the roof on. If the seam between the biscuits and the biscuits does not fit so well, you may wish to apply the icing to it thicker. You can make up for the gap between the biscuits and make it more adhesive.
  • Christmas gingerbread house Make Tips

    Don't touch the frosting easily when it is not completely dry. When the house is not yet fixed, it can easily collapse. If it is just loose, it's okay. At most, it will stick again. If it breaks when it collapses, all your previous efforts will be wasted, so you must be careful and careful!