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• Church gingerbread house complete with a clock tower, stained glass windows, cookie door, bunting, cinnamon butter icing trim, fondant tiled roof and a cross with Jesus himself in gummy formed nailed to it. Rather happy about how this turned out. Recipe at the bottom, Happy baking and Merry Christmas <3

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Gingerbread recipe)

• 350g/12oz plain flour, plus extra for rolling
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 125g/4½oz butter
• 175g/6oz light soft brown sugar
• 1 free-range egg
• 4 tbsp golden syrup

Method)

1. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon and pour into the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and blend until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.


2. Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together, add to the food processor and pulse until the mixture clumps together. Tip the dough out, knead briefly until smooth, wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.


3. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.


4. Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them. Add boiled sweets to window gaps to melt in oven


5. Bake for 12–15 minutes, or until lightly golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. When cooled decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations, if using.


Decoration and icing)

• Smarties
• coloured icing tubes
• block of modelling icing cut to roof tiles shapes (shop bought)
• royal icing (dries hard over night to hols structure together)

Ingredients)
3 egg whites
600g icing sugar
1 tsp liquid glucose
1 tsp lemon juice

Method)
STEP 1
Whisk the egg whites until lightly whipped. Add the icing sugar a few tbsps at a time, whisking continuously until all incorporated. Add the glucose and lemon juice.
STEP 2
Continue whisking until the icing is thick enough to hold stiff peaks when you lift the beaters and is smooth and shiny.

• cinnamon butter icing

Ingredients)
Butter
Icing sugar
Cinnamon

Method)
STEP 1
Mix butter and icing until fully incorporated, add more butter or icing sugar depending on how buttery you like it.
STEP 2
Mix in a decent helping of cinnamon until desired strength is reached.