{"id":8789,"date":"2023-12-17T19:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T19:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaysoupblog.com\/?p=8789"},"modified":"2023-12-17T19:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T19:19:06","slug":"mary-berry-wonderful-gingerbread-house-will-be-perfect-to-make-on-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaysoupblog.com\/everyday-meals\/mary-berry-wonderful-gingerbread-house-will-be-perfect-to-make-on-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Berry \u2018wonderful\u2019 gingerbread house will be perfect to make on Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Christmas is fast approaching, which means people will be enjoying their favourite traditions such as watching a holiday movie, decorating the tree or maybe making a gingerbread house.<\/p>\n
Making a gingerbread house is a fun festive activity, whether you are making one with family or wish to impress some guests with a centrepiece for your Christmas party.<\/p>\n
Britain\u2019s ultimate baker Mary Berry has shared the best way to make a gingerbread house, and this fun recipe only takes between 10 to 30 minutes to prepare.<\/p>\n
On her website, Mary shared it is easy to \u201ccreate your own winter wonderland.\u201d She wrote: \u201cIt makes a wonderful centrepiece for parties, and children will love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
To make a gingerbread house, you will need to gingerbread template, which you can search for online if you wish but on the BBC website, Mary has a template you can click on to use.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Royal chefs share how to make ‘best’ gingerbread house this Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To make the gingerbread house<\/strong><\/p>\n To make the icing<\/strong><\/p>\n To decorate:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To bake the gingerbread house<\/strong><\/p>\n Preheat the oven to 200C (fan 180C)\/400F\/Gas Mark 6.<\/p>\n Place a large pan on the stove to melt the butter, sugar and syrup together to make a buttered mixture<\/p>\n In a large mixing bowl, sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger. Pour in the buttered mixture into the mixing bowl once melted and mix.<\/p>\n Once the mixture has cooled, knead it to make a stiff dough. Divide the mixture into five equal-sized pieces. When you have your measured pieces, cut one of the pieces in half so you now have six in total.<\/p>\n Roll each piece onto a sheet of grease-poof baking paper, making sure each piece is around 3\/4cm (1\/4 inch) thick. Use the temperate to cut the dough into a gingerbread roof, house sides, plus the back and front of the house. Slide each piece onto three baking trays lined with baking paper.<\/p>\n Using the temperate as a guide, and cut out the rim of a cup, and arched windows on the front house and side house pieces. Cut out two doors for the front and back of the house and then place on two separate baking traits.<\/p>\n Use any dough trimmings to cut out the chimney pieces and three Christmas trees for the gingerbread house, as well as three triangles to use as supports for the trees.<\/p>\n Now it is time to bake all the gingerbread pieces for around eight to seven minutes in the oven.<\/p>\n While the gingerbread is cooking, crush your boiled sweets until you have a crumbly mixture. Spread the crushed sweets onto your cooked gingerbread windows in order to make stained glass windows. Place the gingerbread windows back into the oven and cook for an additional four minutes or until the sweets have melted.<\/p>\n Remove the gingerbread pieces from the oven and leave to cool completely.<\/p>\nHow to make a Christmas gingerbread house<\/h2>\n
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