Gingerbread House & Edible Gifts | Fleur & Mike

Описание: Top of our Christmas-themed requests have been edible gifts. So we asked Fleur & Mike to take on a pretty difficult challenge this week: making a full-on gingerbread house.

It turned out be quite a bit harder than it looked! So if you're thinking of having a go, definitely watch the video first.

Continuing the edible gift theme, Fleur also makes gingerbread versions of her adorable miniature dachshund Piglet, while Mike goes for the more traditional gingerbread man. These are great as gifts or tree decorations.

Find a link to the house kit and the recipe instructions below.

Have you made edible gifts for Christmas, or any other special occasion? What do you guys think of Mike's new christmas jumper? Tell us in the comments!

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GINGERBREAD HOUSE KIT

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INGREDIENTS:

Butter for greasing (optional)
350g plain flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
4tsp ground ginger
100g butter
175g fairtrade dark soft brown sugar
4tbsp golden syrup
1 large egg, beaten
Currants to decorate

METHOD:

1. Preheat the oven to 190 ºC, Fan 170 ºC, Gas 5. Lightly grease 3 baking sheets with butter, if using a non-stick baking sheet you won’t need to do this.

2. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a bowl. Rub the butter into the dry ingredients to form fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.

3. Mix together the syrup and egg and then pour into the dry ingredients.

4. Bring the mixture together with a fork or round bladed knife, and then by hand and knead gently until smooth. Divide the dough into three. Roll each out to 0.5cm thickness. Stamp out ‘people ‘ Lift the gingerbread onto the baking sheet, spacing the larger biscuits well apart and joining the two smaller ones to look as though they are holding hands. Make faces and buttons using the currants.

5. Bake for 15 minutes or until slightly risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack before serving.