gingerbread house

the love house :] in the clean way thank you very much. hahahaha!
i didnt want to make a christmas theme as its SOOOOOOO far away from us atm! i love gingerbread! nomnomnom!!!

have a go. courtesy of my teacher michelle's special recipe. it works like a charm:

gingerbread house dough (1 gingerbread house)

ingredients:

• 300g butter
• 500g castor sugar
• 100g golden syrup
• 900g plain flour
• 15g ground cinnamon
• 7.5g ground nutmeg
• 1.5g ground ginger
• pinch of salt (optional)
• 10g bicarbonate soda
• 200-250ml cold water
• lemon/orange zest or cardamon is optional too*
  
  with the spices. you can actually vary them to how strong you want the flavour. i love the ginger flavour so i put more in heehee!!! :]

method:

1. cream butter & sugar & syrup
2. sieve all dry ingredients
3. rub in butter/syrup mixture until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs
4. make a well in the breadcrumbs, and ass cold water to mix and knead into a smooth paste - note: DO NOT OVER WORK IT.
5. tightly gladwrap the dough, press it down into a rectangular shape, and rest it in the fridge for at least 24hrs. this allows the flavours to mature and become more distinctive :] yumyum!
6. after: powder your bench with some plain flour and roll out the dough to the thickness you want. u dont want any thicker than approx 5-6mm i reckon. the dough comes out pretty thick.
7. then bake it @ 170-180degrees till golden brown.
8. have your stencils rdy. once the cooked dough is out, you want to cut it straight away before the dough hardens!

ENJOY!~ ^_________^