Gingerbread house
Preparation Time: 1 Hour
For: 1 House and 1 Snowman
INGREDIENTS
For the house:
750g flour
225g caster sugar
75g ground almonds
5g of four spices
420g softened butter
3 eggs
60g Nutella®
For the decoration:
250g icing sugar
2 egg whites
5cl of lemon juice
PREPARATION
1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl.
2. Add the soft butter in pieces, then the eggs one by one.
3. Mix until you get a homogeneous mixture.
4. Form a ball with the mixture and leave to rest for two hours in the fridge.
5. Preheat your oven to 180°C.
6. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, not too thinly to prevent it from breaking. Cut out the different parts of the house and bake for ten minutes.
PRESENTATION
While the cookies are cooling, prepare the icing that will be used to stick the different parts together: mix the icing sugar, egg whites and lemon. Whisk well then pour into a piping bag to help you when assembling the house. Decorate with Nutella®, icing sugar, edible confetti.