Gingerbread House

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Yesterday we made Gingerbread Houses in Bakery practical class. It was a two day affair. We made the gingerbread dough, cut it out and baked it day before. And yesterday we made pastillage ornaments, assembled the house and decorated it. There were more than our usual share of hiccups along the way, with an entire wall of the house crumbling, but we sure did a great job. :)
Yet another recipe to keep handy for Christmas (if you really have the patience that is!!). So here you go.

 GINGERBREAD

 Ingredients:

 Flour                                       4 kg
Black Jag                                 2 kg
Oil                                           750 ml
Ginger Powder                        250 g
Clove Powder                         50 g
Cinnamon Powder                  50 g
Icing Sugar                              1 kg
Baking Powder                        20 g



Roll the dough out to about 1-1.5 cm thickness.

Cut out desired shapes.

Bake at 180*C for 20 mins.

Make sure you have all the parts of the gingerbread house.

Assemble with royal icing and decorate with candies of your choice.

Top view of the house

Side of the house.

Back of the house.

Front face of the house.

Roof and attic of the house.

Decorate with all things Christmas-y. Snowmen, Gingerbread men, Christmas trees, Wreaths, Mistletoe, Logs, Sledges, Santa Claus and Reindeer. Hope you enjoyed this post and even though I highly doubt it, I hope to have been able to inspire you to try your hand at this!!

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