Christmas Gingerbread House

Overview

This Christmas is my little baby’s first Christmas. Although the baby is less than 9 months old now, he is full of curiosity about everything. Now my wife and children are staying at my mother-in-law's house for a few days and will come back next week. I just took advantage of my break time to make a gingerbread house for my baby, as a Christmas gift for my baby. Before cookies became gingerbread houses, they had their origins as a Christmas snack. According to legend, during the Crusades, ginger was an expensive imported spice, so it was only used in important festivals such as Christmas and Easter. Add ginger to cakes and biscuits to add flavor and to repel cold. Over time, gingerbread has become a snack associated with Christmas. This led to the emergence of gingerbread markets in Europe, which would provide gingerbread in different shapes according to different seasons. Among them, Nuremberg in Germany is known as the gingerbread capital. There is also a legend circulating in the UK that if an unmarried woman eats gingerbread, she will meet her ideal partner. On December 6, St. Nicholas' Day, in northern France and Germany, godfathers and godmothers will give gingerbread cookies in various shapes, such as heart stars and human shapes, to children on this day, or secretly put them into the socks that children look forward to. Gradually, gingerbread was combined with fairy tales to make gingerbread houses of various shapes, and Americans even pushed the atmosphere of Christmas gingerbread houses to the extreme.

Tags

• baking
• children
• festival customs
• christmas
• butter
• clear water
• egg
• flour
• ginger powder
• honey
• brown sugar powder
• lemon juice
• powdered sugar
• protein

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Start by sketching out the gingerbread house.

   

2. 2 Cut the sketch into shape.

   

3. 3 Mix all the ingredients for the gingerbread cookies.

   

4. 4 into smooth dough.

   

5. 5 Knead 5, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-50 minutes.

   

6. 6 Take out the dough and roll it into a 3 mm thick pancake and insert a layer of small holes on top.

   

7. 7 Place the cut paper model on the dough piece and use a knife to cut out the pattern according to the edge of the model.

   

8. 8 Place the cut dough sheets on the baking sheet (try not to deform) and let them rest for about 20 minutes.

   

9. 9 Put it in the preheated oven, heat the middle rack to 180 degrees, and bake it for about 12-18 minutes (depending on the size of the biscuit) until it reaches the color you like, then take it out.

   

10. 10 Place the egg whites into a container.

    

11. 11 Add a little lemon juice and 1/3 of the powdered sugar.

    

12. 12 Use a whisk to make fish eye bubbles.

    

13. 13 Add the remaining powdered sugar and ginger protein in two batches and beat.

    

14. 14 Pour the beaten egg whites into the ribbon.

    

15. 15 Start "building a house" on the base. Assemble the bottom first.

    

16. 16 Then glue the pine tree and chimney in place.

    

17. 17 Spread a thinner layer of frosting on the base. Place in a ventilated place to dry and stick firmly.

    

18. 18 After the icing has dried, start building the roof. Finally, mix some thin icing sugar and use a brush dipped in icing sugar to brush it on the roof. Then decorate the house according to your own preferences, and the dream house will be completed.