Festive Gingerbread House

Name: Festive Gingerbread House
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 92 min
Yield: 6 Portionen
Ingredients: 125 g Margarine (room temperature); 125 g Sugar beet syrup (dark); 100 g Powdered sugar; 250 g Powdered sugar; 340 g Flour; 10 g Gingerbread or spice cookie spice; 1 EL Baking cocoa (defatted cocoa powder); 5 g Baking soda; 1 Egg white (size M); Decoration: e.g. colorful chocolate lentils, chocolate cookies; Baking paper; Piping bag

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Cook Time

1 h 32 min

Servings

Difficulty

Easy

Prep Time

60 Min

Description

This festive gingerbread house is prepared with the Thermomix® and mainly consists of margarine, sugar beet syrup, powdered sugar and gingerbread spice. The category is cookies and it is suitable as a Christmas dessert or finger food. The preparation time is 92 minutes, of which 60 minutes are working time, and yields 6 servings. Ideal for winter family baking.

Ingredients (12 ingredients)

125 g Margarine (room temperature)
125 g Sugar beet syrup (dark)
100 g Powdered sugar
250 g Powdered sugar
340 g Flour
10 g Gingerbread or spice cookie spice
1 EL Baking cocoa (defatted cocoa powder)
5 g Baking soda
1 Egg white (size M)
Decoration: e.g. colorful chocolate lentils, chocolate cookies
Baking paper
Piping bag

Preparation (8 steps)

Preheat oven and prepare templates

Preheat the oven to 190 °C (convection: 170 °C). Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Cut out the templates from paper - a rectangle of 10 x 13 cm for the large house, and a rectangle of 5 x 7.5 cm for the small house. These steps are done outside of the Thermomix.

Beat margarine, syrup and powdered sugar until creamy

Thermomix® Setting

2 min/Speed 3

Put 125 g room temperature margarine, 125 g sugar beet syrup (dark) and 100 g powdered sugar into the mixing bowl. Insert the butterfly whisk and mix for 2 min./speed 3 until creamy. Use a spatula to push everything down from the edge.

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Mix and stir in dry ingredients

Thermomix® Setting

1 min/Speed 4

Add 340 g flour, 10 g gingerbread or spice cookie spice, 1 tbsp baking cocoa and 5 g baking soda to the mixing bowl. Remove the butterfly whisk. Mix for 1 min./speed 4. Help with the spatula and push the ingredients down from the edge.

Knead the dough

Remove the dough from the mixing bowl and form a ball with floured hands. This step is done outside of the Thermomix.

Roll out dough and cut out sheets

Roll out half of the dough on baking paper to a rectangle about 0.6 cm thick. Cut out the large dough sheets along the "paper template". Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, making sure there is at least 1 cm of space between the cut dough sheets so that they do not stick together during baking. Cut two triangles from the front and back of the large house so that the gable roof is created. Simply cut diagonally to the center of the sheets at a height of 10 cm (which is the width of all large sheets). Press patterns such as the roof pattern into the dough with a spoon before baking. Cut out windows with a cookie cutter or with a knife, also cut out the door. Knead the remaining dough again. This step is done outside of the Thermomix.

Bake the sheets

Bake the first sheets in the preheated oven for about 12-14 minutes. In the meantime, prepare the rest - 6 sheets are needed for the large house and there is enough dough left for 6 small sheets = 2 small houses. Let baked sheets cool on a rack or grid. This step is done outside of the Thermomix.

Prepare icing

Thermomix® Setting

20 sec/Speed 4

For the icing, put the egg white and 250 g powdered sugar into the mixing bowl. Mix for 20 sec./speed 4 until a thick liquid mass is formed. Use the spatula if necessary.

Glue and decorate the gingerbread house

Glue the dough sheets together with the icing to form the gingerbread house, first spreading icing on one edge and gluing it to the other sheet. Fill the remaining icing into a piping bag and decorate the house with the icing and edible decorations and let it harden. For the fine pattern, only cut a small opening or use a small nozzle. Decorate the corners of the house more generously with icing. We dusted the "snowy" roof of the large gingerbread house with powdered sugar and then spread it with a brush. This step is done outside of the Thermomix.