Gingerbread house

Name: Gingerbread house
Yield: 1 house
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 1/2 cup salted butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup corn syrup or molasses or maple syrup; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon ground ginger; 1.5 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 cups flour; 2 tablespoons water

Shandré Goss-Ross @shandre

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Gingerbread house

Shandré Goss-Ross @shandre

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

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Ingredients

1 house

1/2 cupsalted butter
1/2 cupbrown sugar
1/4 cupcorn syrup or molasses or maple syrup
1 tablespoonground cinnamon
1 tablespoonground ginger
1.5 teaspoonground cloves
1 teaspoonbaking soda
2 cupsflour
2 tablespoonswater

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Steps

1

Cream salted butter, brown sugar, syrup, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves and baking soda together with wooden spoon or electrical mixer (paddle attachment)
2

Add flour and water. Beat until incorporated. Wrap and rest for 30 minutes or overnight in fridge.
3

Roll 3mm thick on a floured surface. Cut your desired shapes. I cut 2 rectangles to make the roof and 2 triangles to make the front and back of the house.
4

Bake in 180°C preheated oven for 15 minutes.
5

Decorate with sweets, icing sugar and chocolate