New Year's gingerbread house with icing

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   We will prepare the dough for our future house using the custard method.

2. STEP 2

   

   Pour water into a saucepan, add sugar, honey and butter.

3. STEP 3

   

   Heat the mixture to 70 C (since it is difficult to determine this temperature by eye, the most important thing is not to let the mixture boil).

4. STEP 4

   

   When the mixture heats up, add half the amount of flour and spices.

5. STEP 5

   

   Stir quickly and thoroughly, because if the flour is not stirred immediately, it will form lumps that will be difficult to stir, but if this suddenly happens, then just use a sieve. Leave the finished dough to cool.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add eggs one at a time into the cooled mixture, stirring thoroughly after each one.

7. STEP 7

   

   at the end add cognac (you don’t have to add it).

8. STEP 8

   

   Now add the remaining flour and knead the dough. It turns out very soft and gentle, it is pleasant to work with it.

9. STEP 9

   

   We wrap the finished dough in film and put it in the refrigerator to rest for 1 hour. For convenience, divide the chilled dough into 2 parts. We roll out each part and cut out the elements of the house.

10. STEP 10

    

    If you do not have ready-made cuttings for the house, then use scissors, a ruler and paper or cardboard to cut out the elements of the house. I used the computer and printed out the finished pieces; all I had to do was cut them out. You can cut out openings for doors, windows, or you can draw them for decoration. Bake in a preheated oven at 190C for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown, the main thing is not to overdry, they should remain soft, only after complete cooling they will harden a little over

11. STEP 11

    

    While our spare parts are cooling, we prepare the icing. To do this, beat the protein until light foam, do not achieve stable peaks, we just need to disrupt the structure of the protein. Add sifted powdered sugar into the whipped egg whites in small portions. Stir well.

12. STEP 12

    

    After all the powder has been added, add lemon juice and mix thoroughly again. Icing is ready.

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the icing in a pastry bag with a very thin tip, or you can use a stationery file or a thick bag. Now we turn on our imagination and decorate the walls of the house with intricate patterns, snowflakes, or whatever comes to mind. To glue the walls together, apply icing to the edge of the wall and apply it to the other wall, hold it a little so that the icing sets slightly.

14. STEP 14

    

    Having built our house, you can make icicles using icing or draw tiles along the edge of the roof. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top and the house is ready. We enjoy the look of the house during the holidays, and then quickly destroy it (my house lasted 4 days, but I’m sure it could last longer, but my family didn’t allow it). Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Admin Larisa

27.08.2023

4.9

Irish, the house turned out to be simply fabulous! I really wanted to hurry up the New Year holidays!!!

Irisha

27.08.2023

4.6

Laris, thank you very much!! I myself can’t wait for them :) I’m already thinking about starting to watch New Year’s films - The Irony of Fate, At Home Myself))) But for now my husband said that we need to wait for the snow

Shura

27.08.2023

4.5

Girls, how did such a miracle go unnoticed in 1999, it looks extraordinarily beautiful and warm, homely and New Year’s, such a house under the Christmas tree will be the most desirable, you can put sweets in it, what hard workers you all are, everything is going well with you, take care of yours skills and develop them, beauty - and that’s all!!

Anna

27.08.2023

4.8

What a lovely house!!! I’ve been meaning to cook this for a long time, this time I’ll pamper my family with such a creation for the New Year holidays!!!

Anna

27.08.2023

4.6

Shurochka, this is not a recipe from 1999, but some kind of glitch on the site!!! All new recipes, and mine are also from 1999, at first I didn’t understand what it was, but now I realized that it was a flaw!!! Then I tried to quote the comment, but it didn’t work either!!!

Yulechka

27.08.2023

4.8

This is so unusual! Just beautiful! There is still so much unknown! But this way you can make other figures, for example a snowman or animals, and attract (older) children, and the family can unite to create a New Year's fairy tale!

Yulyok

27.08.2023

4.9

The house is wonderful for the New Year's table, just a godsend. I immediately smelled winter, frost, and Christmas trees. I wanted champagne and gifts