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Gingerbread House
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Gingerbread House

21 ingredients Makes 1 openrecipes
Gingerbread House

A cute little house, perfect at Christmas, with stained glass windows.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

859
Calories
21g
Protein
28g
Fat
129g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Syrup not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0

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

  • For the gingerbread:
  • 300g butter
  • 250g light muscovado sugar
  • 225g golden syrup
  • 730g plain flour
  • 2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp. of cinnamon
  • 1 ½ tsps. of ground ginger
  • ½ a grated nutmeg
  • For the decoration:
  • 500g sifted icing sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • Handful of boiled sweets for windows
  • Selection of sweets to decorate e.g. chocolate buttons for roof, rolos for door etc...
  • Templates made from cardboard:
  • (Base: 23cmx28cm)x1
  • (Roof Panels:8cmx17cm)x2
  • (Side Walls:10cmx17cm)x2
  • (Pitched Walls 12cmx15cm, the pitch should begin 10cm up the longest side)x2 (what I mean by pitched is a square under a triangle)
  • (Card Supports)x4 (card supports are basically 4 strips of strong card folded in half)
  • Wooden blocks for support as your icing hardens

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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