Christmas gingerbread

By JoanyHaley

Christmas gingerbread
Christmas is coming! My son's school held a welcome party and asked everyone to prepare a small DIY gift, so I made colorful little gingerbread, and the children couldn't put it down when they saw it!

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Steps for Christmas gingerbread

  • Make  step 0
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    Soften the butter with water, then pour all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well with chopsticks
  • Make  step 1
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    Knead evenly by hand into dough, place in the refrigerator and chill to relax for 1 hour.
  • Make  step 2
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    Place the relaxed dough on the chopping board and roll it into a thin dough sheet with a thickness of about 0.3CM
  • Make  step 3
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    Carve various cookie models on the rolled dough sheet.
  • Make  step 4
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    Place the carved gingerbread on a baking sheet, brush a layer of egg water mixed with eggs and water on the gingerbread, let sit and relax for a while, and place it in a preheated 180-degree oven. The surface will be slightly yellow for about 15 minutes.
  • Make  step 5
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    After the cookies are baked and cooled, they start to decorate. Add the egg white, add sugar powder, and then add lemon juice to mix and stir to form meringue frosting
  • Make  step 6
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    Add food coloring of different colors to the frosting to make frosting of different colors. The frosting with the background color can be directly placed in a bowl and brushed before being put into a decoration bag.
  • Make  step 7
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    Use a brush dipped in icing to brush the background color
  • Make  step 8
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    Wait until the frosting dries before drawing the second layer of lines or patterns.
  • Make  step 9
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    The beautiful Christmas gingerbread is finished, be sure to dry it and put it away!
  • Make  step 10
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    Wrap a bag and give it to my son as a gift to earn enough face!