Homemade Gingerbread House And Man

Recipe : Easy Homemade Gingerbread House And Man Recipe -Christmas Special Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes to 1 hour Recipe Category: Baking

Ingredients :

All Purpose Flour \ Maida - 300 to 350 gm Unsalted Butter - 100 gm (chilled) Dry Ginger Powder \ Sukku Podi - 1 tsp Light Brown Sugar - 150 gm Cooking Soda - 1 tsp (soda bi-corbonate) Mixed Spice Powder - 1 tsp (cloves, cinnamon stick, nutmeg and mace) Golden Syrup - 3 tbsp Egg - 1 no To Assemble and Decorate the Gingerbread House : Butter - 50 gm Icing Sugar - 200 gm Water - required.

Method :

Steps To Make The Gingerbread Man : To make the gingerbread man \ house dough, combine half the flour and butter with fingertips until it resembles fine crumbs in a mixing bowl. (Image 1 and 2) Then add the remaining flour, dry ginger powder, light brown sugar, cooking soda, mixed spice powder and mix well. (Image 3) Separately whisk the egg and golden syrup, then mix into the flour mixture and knead into a soft dough. (Image 4 and 5)

To make the gingerbread man \ house, pre-heat the oven to 200 degree Celsius. Then roll out the dough into 1/4 cm thickness and using a gingerbread man cookie cutter cut it or cut into shape of house. (Image 6) Bake the gingerbread man \ house on a high rack in the oven for 8 to 10 minutes, until light brown and  firm to touch. (Image 7 and 8) To assemble and decorate the gingerbread house, cool for 5 to 10minutes, whisk the icing sugar, butter and water into thick paste consistency and make the gingerbread house.

Author: Kalai's Cooking Recipes