Prep
20 minBake
20 minsServes
Difficulty
MediumAbout
These gingerbread houses look amazing and are the perfect snack to share with your family and friends for an afternoon treat.
Gingerbread House Recipe
To make the gingerbread
Line two baking trays with parchment paper and preheat your oven to 170C / 350F.
Sift the flours and ginger into a mixing bowl and add the sugar, mixing well.
Add the butter, then rub together the ingredients using the tips of your fingers and thumb until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
When all the butter is evenly distributed, make a well in the centre and add the golden syrup and your egg.
Mix well, bring everything together until it starts to clump. Then use your hands to gently bring the dough together until a ball has formed and it’s even in colour and texture.
Place the dough on a clean work surface and use a rolling pin to roll the dough until it’s 5mm thick all over.
Using a sharp knife, begin cutting several shaped houses - some wide and small, some narrow and tall.
Place the houses a centimetre or two apart on your baking tray (you may need to bake them in several batches) and place in the oven to bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Leave to cool on the tray completely and begin making your icing.
To make the icing
Sift the icing sugar into a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
Add 2 liquid egg whites and begin to beat on a slow speed, until the mixture begins to come together.
Slowly add the additional egg white until you reach a pipeable consistency. You want the mixture to be firm, but easy enough to squeeze out.
Fill a piping bag with the icing, twist the top and snip a tiny hole off the end.
Squeeze the icing towards the bottom of the piping bag and you’re ready to ice.
To assemble
Take each gingerbread house, and pipe on a design of your choice. We personally love a snow-tipped roof, windows and a door.
Leave the icing to set for at least an hour then eat and enjoy!
Ingredients
1
For the gingerbread
Plain flour
Self raising flour
Ginger
Ground
Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Caster Sugar
Butter
Unsalted
Lyle’s Golden Syrup
Egg
For the icing
Egg
Whites
Fairtrade Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar
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