Castle Gingerbread House

Castle Gingerbread House

1. Pour all the ingredients for making gingerbread into a bowl.

2. Stir it slightly with chopsticks into a flocculent

3. Mix and knead by hand to form a dough.

4. When you first knead it into a dough, the surface of the dough will be rougher. Continue to knead patiently for a while until the surface of the dough is smooth. Put the kneaded dough in the refrigerator to chill and relax for 1 hour.

5. . The loose dough is placed on the chopping board and rolled into a thin sheet with a thickness of about 0.3cm. (If the chopping board is not big enough, you can divide the dough into several smaller portions and roll them out in batches)

6. Take out the cut drawings

7. Carve a biscuit model on the rolled dough.

8. Poke the carved gingerbread with a fork to make small eyes, arrange it on the baking tray, put it into the preheated oven, heat the middle layer up and down at 180 degrees, about 12 minutes, bake it to the color level you like, then take it out.

9. Beat the egg whites to a coarse bubble state, add powdered sugar

10. Add a few drops of lemon juice, the thick state of the meringue frosting can be adjusted as needed. The background color meringue frosting used for the base should be slightly softer, in a flowing state, and the dripping lines can disappear within ten seconds. Flat, so that the background color will be uniform, bright, and smooth; the meringue frosting for drawing patterns should be properly stiff, and the dripping lines will not disappear easily, so that it is easy to shape, and the lines will be obvious, clear and lasting. The meringue frosting can also be adjusted at any time. You can add less powdered sugar to make it thinner to get the part needed for the background color, then add an appropriate amount of powdered sugar, stir again, this time the mixed meringue can be used To use for decorative lines. The adjusted meringue frosting can be added with food coloring according to your preference to adjust the color you like, and then you can start decorating.

11. Divide the meringue into 5 portions ~ add color separately

12. Put it into a piping bag and fasten it

13. Cut a small opening at the end of the piping bag. If you need to make a primer, fill in the color first, and use a toothpick to make a circle to smooth it, then pick up the biscuit and knock it gently on the table to flatten the surface. Add other colors to paint

14. First find a suitable place on the base to squeeze the icing sugar, and then glue all the walls. You can use external objects or hands to support it for a while, and it will not fall after a while. You can use colored sugar beads for your favorite decoration.

Tips:

1. The gingerbread dough needs to be relaxed for a while before rolling, otherwise it will easily shrink when it is rolled out and carved with a mold. Similarly, it is best to relax for a while before baking, otherwise it may be easily deformed;
2. If the shape and size of a plate of biscuits are different, the smaller biscuits will be baked first. Once the small biscuits are almost baked, take out the baking tray, take out the baked biscuits first, and then put the remaining biscuits back into the oven to continue baking;
3. Be patient when assembling the house. Especially for the roof, you must wait for the icing to dry before letting go to prevent the roof from falling down without sticking;
4. Brown sugar powder is rarely available. In fact, you can buy brown sugar in the supermarket and grind it into a cup by yourself.
5. After carving the biscuits with a mold, the remaining dough can be kneaded into a ball again, roll out (it is best to let it rest for 20 minutes), and continue to carve.