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Simple gingerbread house
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Simple gingerbread house

13 ingredients Makes 1 house! openrecipes
Simple gingerbread house

Use this gingerbread recipe to get the kids in the kitchen and create some magical memories

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

848
Calories
21g
Protein
27g
Fat
126g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 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
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Syrup 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

  • 250g unsalted butter
  • 200g dark muscovado sugar
  • 7 tbsp golden syrup
  • 600g plain flour
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 4 tsp ground ginger
  • 200g bag flaked almonds
  • 2 egg whites
  • 500g icing sugar , plus extra to dust
  • 125g pack mini chocolate fingers
  • generous selcetion sweets of your choice, choose your own colour theme
  • 1 mini chocolate roll or a dipped chocolate flake
  • few edible silver balls

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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