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Gingerbread House
21 ingredients
Makes 1
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A cute little house, perfect at Christmas, with stained glass windows.
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 ý tsps. of ground ginger
- ý 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
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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