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Home sweet home - Gingerbread house
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Home sweet home - Gingerbread house

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Home sweet home - Gingerbread house

Add a fairytale touch to Christmas with a gingerbread house. Kids will love to help roll out the dough and, most of all, decorate it with snowy icing, sweets and glitter.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

806
Calories
21g
Protein
18g
Fat
139g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Maple Syrup 1 tbsp (20ml) 52
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons treacle
  • 160 g muscovado
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 200 g unsalted butter, cut into cubes
  • 1 orange
  • 460 g plain flour, plus extra
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 free-range egg whites
  • 500 g icing sugar
  • sweets and edible glitter, to decorate

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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