Gingerbread house (how to assemble and decorate)

[Lera]

Well, I was ripe for my first house))) Honestly, it was not difficult, although I was very afraid to take on it, all the time I put off this business, although it is very simple and small. In total, I am happy, for the first try it will do, but I took into account the mistakes and experience appeared, and most importantly, the fear went away.
Soft gingerbread dough according to my recipe, decorated with icing, windows with orange candies.

Lera, very nice!! so highlighted the icicles !! and the pattern on the roof immediately attracts attention

Yes, it's not difficult, with cakes it's more difficult. And the house is pretty, you can see that she worked confidently. Good girl!

Lera, well, it could not be otherwise, everything is in place, everything is at the highest level. I'm looking at the square windows - how did you do the membranes? Was it they painted on a gingerbread or did you make icing stripes on the file and then somehow glued it to the frame?

Mona1, Tanyusha, thank you very much! Windows with lollipops, in the sense that when baking, I poured orange candies into the holes, and then painted on top with icin - it keeps perfectly.

And, on the lollipops, of course. Didn't you light the light in the house with something? Lollipop windows always look so fabulous in the light.

Tanya, you won't believe it))) - nowhere is there a hole in the house to put a flashlight in))) only then I realized that it was necessary, at least to cut the door, or something))) the door was simply glued to the facade. Next time I will make it with a chimney or a removable roof.

[TanyaNam]

I saw enough of your beauty and wanted to try it too. My firstborn

Congratulations on the start !! very good! : girl_claping: and in my opinion you have not your firstborn, but twins!

TanyaNam, It can be seen that the first! Better next time. Well done, what I tried to do! Tanya, what kind of dough? Is the house uneven or is the stand also uneven?

DaNiSa, Thank you .

and in my opinion you have not the firstborn, but twins at once!

I'll tell you more, I have triplets, it's just that the third is not assembled yet

TanyaNam, any stand must be turned over and put under the press immediately after baking, because this is the foundation of the house, it must be 100% even.

Thank you Vei, I'll know .

[Happy New Year!]

Happy New Year! girls, I'm late congratulations, I'm slowing down
You have made so many beautiful houses here and many houses with "embroidery", so I also wanted to draw with icing, but there was not so much time
I made my house simpler this craft for kindergarten for the new year
caramel windows, dough from Gerda

beauties !! did you decorate it with icing? such an airy layer of snow on the roof! and sledges and deer - bravo !!

DirliMirli, very elegant and festive! And how did you decorate the roof and make Christmas trees? Is it a protein cream or icing? And another question, how did you get the blue windows? Is that a caramel of that color?

[Doxy]

Excuse me, you have serious buildings here, but we have ... We have "birdhouses", which my child and I made as a gift to relatives and friends for the New Year!
Dough - gingerbread cookies, decoration and "cement" - icing.



The shape was calculated under a tea light, especially for the show! When they brought in the village of "birdhouses" on a tray with burning candles, it caused incredible delight and, we can say that this gift became one of the main attractions of New Year's Eve)))
I think the idea will especially appeal to those who cook with children! With what pleasure the child cut out the windows, painted, and then gnawed the house !!!))) True, the adults refused to eat, they left it as a keepsake)))



Here is a link to a PDF file with a birdhouse pattern, it might come in handy 🔗

Doxy, Vera, well, you really do! of course beauty !! I already directly presented - HOW it looked when everything was brought in !!
and how was the candle placed inside? a house without a bottom? or put a candle in advance?

Doxy, well, wow birdhouses! That's so beautiful! Very good!

Natalia, Thank you! They, despite their tinyness and simplicity, look really cool! And the work is there for 15 minutes! Take a closer look, there are only strokes and dots, which, due to the smallness of the house itself, look delicate and intricate! At first I was planning a large house, but I realized that I could not cope - it is difficult to gracefully cover large spaces. Whether it is a bale, a bale and a masterpiece, all in a swoon))) I say the same - I did it with my 10-year-old son!

and how was the candle placed inside? a house without a bottom? or put a candle in advance?

Yes, Alena, houses without a bottom, only 6 parts - four walls and two roof slopes!

Nooo, there are beautiful squiggles there, and there are also beautiful gingerbreads next to them, I can see everything! ))

Natalia, yeah, I didn't regret four squiggles per house!)))

And gingerbread is a separate article, this is my favorite pastime, this is my holiday and the main New Year's pleasure!

Here is my modest gingerbread house, made as a gift, decorated with mastic and icing.

and he is not modest at all! it is very beautiful, the walls are beautifully made! and so highlighted the porch, well done!
I would also make more icing along the edge of the roof, such as longer than an icicle, it would look absolutely awesome ...

[Martha]

This is the kind of church I did for Christmas for our local church

Bravo! very nice! how did you make the dome? is it mastic? and what about the tree? prettyoooo!
Martha, just write from what test you are doing, so your post will be completely correct

DaNiSa Thank you)) a dome made of mastic, covered with kandurin, Christmas trees, too, made a snowflake from mastic by cutting and strung it on a skewer. The houses were made from dough according to lenkor's recipe without adding soda

Well, I brought my house, which I made for us. dough from Gerda.

and it was my children who started knocking on him: girl_haha: in general, the photo session turned out to be cool

view from the other side

that wall, on which there are 2 windows, this is my sadness: girl_sad: when I painted the panel and it dried up a little, something fell on it ..: girl_in_dreams: I don't remember what, it was in December, but it remains so crooked, although almost a centimeter was flooded with icing, I was too lazy to shoot everything and paint again, the dimensions there are not small, well, in general, everything remained like that, when I finished photographing the children began to gnaw at the house

[Vera236]

Hello needlewomen! I finally figured out how to add photos of the house The first house for my daughter for the New Year.

Vera236, very nice! very very! the roof is so original and decorated in front of the house! smart girl!

Thank you))

Vera, what a wonderful house! It does not look heavy, but straight, like a fluff, graceful, and its shape is very pleasant. I liked it very much.

Vera236, lovely house !!! And the smoke is coming out of the chimney, and the porch is so cool !!! Backlit beauty! Than?
If this is the first, what happens next?!?! Well done !!!

[2nd Youth Gastronomic Festival “Reviving Traditions. Christmas"]

Good day! January 17, 2015 we were at 2nd Youth Gastronomic Festival “Reviving Traditions. Christmas" in the Refectory Chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (White Hall) - there were many interesting things and master classes on decorating and painting gingerbread. A gorgeous exhibition of culinary college students' gingerbread houses.
Can I show you - maybe you can take a note.

[Galina]

Galina, really want to see !!! Did you take the photo yourself?

We were there with my niece, walked around Alenka oohing and gasping from such beauty and skill. I took the photo myself. I apologize for the quality and other mistakes.


I show some houses from different sides - maybe someone will come in handy

Another gingerbread house made by college students. Pay attention to the design of the "yard" around the houses.The house itself is very interesting, literally all the details are written out: windows, doors, chimney, platbands, snow on the roof and icicles ...

"... culinary colleges will present" gastronomic "works at the exhibition (pictures painted with chocolate, caramel, made from cereals; modeling from marzipan, salt dough, etc.). A prerequisite is that the packaging of the exhibits must also be done by hand ... The winners will receive prizes "... Protein expositions.

[There is a video, unfortunately I can't insert ...]

There is a video, unfortunately I can't insert ...
And this is information about the festival from the Internet:
The festival, in which children from orphanages will also participate, in their competitive part, will be held in the following nominations: Preparation of the thematic table "Christmas table by the hands of young cooks" (participants: teams of culinary colleges). Everything is prepared in the "Homework" format, serving and decoration are done on the spot. The jury generally evaluates the author's ideas for decorating the Christmas table. Christmas Gingerbread House Competition (Participants: Culinary College Teams, Individual Participants - School Students, Parents). At the same time, the jury will evaluate the taste of the gingerbread House (its recipe will certainly be presented), the technology and quality of preparation, the complexity of execution, its design and presentation. Within the framework of the Festival, there will also be an exhibition of creative works: "Christmas Angel" and "Christmas Star". Anyone can take part in the exhibition. As part of the event, culinary colleges will present “gastronomic” works at the exhibition (paintings painted with chocolate, caramel, made from cereals; modeling from marzipan, salt dough, etc.). A prerequisite is that the packaging of the exhibits must also be done by hand. The works of the exhibitors will be evaluated by the jury. Prizes await the winners. In its educational part, the festival will present master classes: * painting of Christmas gingerbread * modeling of marzipan * making packaging for Christmas gifts * culinary master class * master class on twisted dolls and Christmas decorations * master class (Russian crafts: Palekh, Zhostovo ) The cultural program of the festival will consist of performances by children and youth folklore groups. The organizers of the event appeal to all those who are not indifferent with a request for any help to the event, part of the donations will also be sent to the orphanage. Contacts can be specified through our website. About the organizers: Russian youth volunteer movement The goal of the movement is to revive the traditions of national healthy eating, popularize national Russian cuisine and domestic products, and promote a healthy lifestyle. The goals are also to unite the joint efforts of the state, medical and pedagogical institutions, cultural institutions, public organizations, business, student youth (volunteers) to change the attitude of Russians towards a healthy lifestyle, to increase consciousness and responsibility towards their physical and mental health. The movement focuses on young people as a large social stratum of active people, future specialists and full-fledged members of society. At the same time, they are going through a difficult period of formation of social maturity, adaptation and integration into the adult world. The joint efforts of adults and children will help solve these complex problems. Features of the movement: participation in the volunteer movement of student youth in the educational process (additional training and career guidance). The main task is to involve the maximum number of students in the movement. The activities of volunteers and all interested parties should be primarily practical.

[Ideas for decorating Christmas houses]

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[harmful78]

Gingerbread house for a boy of 9 years old. I just couldn't think of anything: the new year was over, and the spring flowers-birds were somehow completely girly.

harmful78, great boy's house!

Alyona, Thank you. For some reason, the roof turned out to be too small, although I used this pattern for the new year, everything was fine there. Performed slightly

harmful78, Elizabeth, and how did you assemble the walls? Back and front inward or top to sides? I also got caught in the New Year. Then I realized why the roof became too small.)))

harmful78, Cool house! Smooth so! Lisa, what kind of test? I need to know more than anyone else. I can't calm down. Clients have already begun to notice that my gingerbread is always different

Mom Tanya, exactly! In the New Year's walls I grinded at an angle of 45 degrees, and this time I stuck the backside and the front on top, on the sides. Live and learn...

ledi, I always bake from the same dough, I had love with him from the first time
I'll write a recipe now

800 g flour; 280 g icing sugar; 120 g butter (in a piece, do not melt); 5 tbsp. l. liquid honey; 2 eggs; 2 yolks; 2 tsp soda; 2 tsp different spices. You can add cocoa, but then you need to reduce the flour by the same amount. Mix all dry foods, make a hole. Eggs in the hole, honey (warm, not hot), butter in a piece. Knead the dough. At first it will seem that there is a lot of flour, but then the oil will absorb it into itself and become normal. But if the eggs are small, in extreme cases, you can have another egg. You can work with the dough immediately, you do not need to stand in the cold

Faith, but in general, I have such an observation about the evenness of the gingerbread. A level surface is much easier to achieve if you use butter rather than margarine. And with margarine, the dough is heavy. The butter melts from the warmth of the hands, and it does not melt margarine even in the stomach. And you also need to be more careful with flour. From tight dough, gingerbread cookies are also clumsy

[ledi]

And I have for the girl. Oh, and I have suffered with Masha! The husband showed his daughter on Skype with the words: Look what kind of mother Baba Yaga made: girl_cray1: Dough according to the recipe. I liked it very much!https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=416827.0

ledi, and nothing baba-yaga !! it is clear that Masha! beautiful and very spring-like!

ledi, Vera, the plot is fabulous !!! How many babies to consider !!! Well done! And Masha is recognizable!

How's the dough? Are the gingerbread cookies soft?
And Masha's eyes are green, in my opinion? At least green on the toy. I don't remember in the cartoon.

ledi, Vera, a very spring girly house! I'm glad I liked the dough

And Masha's eyes are green, in my opinion

Damn, exactly! Eh, Semyon Semyonitch. And I specially used blue dye for the eyes, I suffered, although the green icing was

ledi, Vera, you can't deny your husband's sense of humor Masha, of course, is not super - she is perfect, but neat and very recognizable. The child will definitely like it, and I liked it. It's just the master's perfectionism says: I want everything to be perfect

It's just the master's perfectionism says: I want everything to be perfect

Well, he doesn't pay attention to my work at all, but criticizes him ...

[harmful78]

And I'm back with the house. For girl. And then somehow the Temka calmed down

Lisa, funny! And the joints of the walls are so interestingly decorated, as if it looks quilted with a thread. And the girl on the DR, perhaps?

harmful78, nice house! and the roof, as I understand it, is not glued? is it like a box? but something will lie inside?

ledi, Verunya, what a miiiiliy house :))) And even, and smart! And so many little things, but I just want to live there :) Why don't you cut through the windows, would it look even more elegant?

Thanks for the grades, girls. Answering questions. The house is really for a birthday, I transferred it to another city, 700 km away. For this reason, I did not dare to leave the roof unsticked, I was afraid that it would break somewhere. I specially designed the seams that way, because I didn't like the whites - it seemed like it was New Year's then. And last time I did it with colored icing - in my opinion, not very beautiful. It is not clear at all what is smeared with. But then, when I had already made a house, I realized that the roof should be monochromatic. Then he would not look so colorful

Pretty! So even!

[Liza]

A small composition with a house at the head. A gift for a person who often travels on business. This is how I saw him

Liza, how lovely!!! is this 2 son waiting for him? funny dog

Alyona, not him, but her And she has 4 dogs in total, two more separately grabbed. The only thing: both the dogs and the lyalki turned out to be giants. Especially in comparison with the house

so what? this is a gingerbread, not architecture, microscopic figures will not even look

all right! it's like a fairy tale!

[Sahara]

She brought me to show her house in the national style, did it from new clearings that I had recently ordered, it turned out the roof turned out to be too small, and in width and length, I did not take into account the thickness of the gingerbread, I had to sculpt some awkward curls with attachments, in the end it turned out to be rude
Alyonushka, thanks again for the MK sunflowers, I tried to repeat, in principle - I was satisfied with the result

Sahara, Lera, bastard! What a beauty! It's not just a child - an adult will be watching! Introducing aromaaaat! Sunflowers are super! Some of my favorite colors !!! Precisely when they are like flowers - from the fallen. Bunch!)
And the stand is cool! Well done! WORKER !!!!!!!!!

Lera, I just saw this house in ok! I also thought, here is Lera well done, the beauty is so summer
such a bright summer!
py. sy. I also thought, I'll take a look, and if Lera did not bring beauty to us ...
py. py. sy. glad the sunflowers came in handy

Thank you, my darlings!
Alyonka, in truth, did not want to exhibit here ...
in OK - I exhibit for clients as samples, but here it is still desirable to show neat work done as professionally as possible, but this does not always work out for me
But then I thought, here in Temko we share more ideas, maybe my work will be an inspiration to someone

post a link to Lerin's profile in OK!

Vei, Lisa, find Valeria in my friends there. You can't go wrong!)

Vei, Lisa here 🔗

[sofiyka007]

gingerbread house "Menst High"

sofiyka007, an interesting mysterious house.

thanks, Tanya!

[Lada2014]

Girls. We really need a scheme of a house with a height of 11 cm. Please share the dimensions. Already looked through the entire section did not find.

Lada2014, so take any house and just measure it with a ruler so that it is 11 cm high.Well, draw the walls itself 11 cm high, but I don't even know how to give such a pattern

So that's just the point. I sit, remember the proportions and am afraid to make a mistake.

[Lada2014]

Good day.
And yet I did it !! Hurray, the first house.

So cute! And the proportions are very good!

Lada2014, you see everything worked out! very pretty house! did you draw yourself? What dough did you do?

Hi DaNiSa.

I liked Gerda's dough, and all the girls recommended it for houses.
She painted herself.

And here's another one, I did two at once)

[jumbled]

Girls, please tell me what kind of icing to glue and decorate gingerbread houses? so that like icicles from the roof and drifts hung on the roof ... In the internet, everywhere they write protein, beat to peaks and add sugar. powder and lim. the juice. When I was just painting the gingerbreads for the first time, I used Husky's icing recipe. Will it fit? where 10g of protein jumbled from 70g. powder and lemon juice ...

Marinusik, come here and you will be happy! Eddie Spence icing
for gluing the walls of the house and hanging icicles, the same icing is used

DaNiSa, and another question: first did you paint, and then glue it?

Marina, of course! first you paint all the walls, let it dry well, then glue it together, and then hang the icicles and stuff that should hang

Thank you so much!

[Liza]

Oh, and I completely forgot that I have a summer house)))

Liza, such a charming summer house! looks gentle and harmonious! and you dyed icing cocoa or paint?

I always only use dyes.

Elizabeth, what a beauty!!!!!! I have never seen such people !!! And what kind of dough, sizes? ... And the price😀

Light, who hurts!

Lera Sahara dough, but I do not recommend it for houses, it is too soft.Better dough for Gerda's houses.
The size is large - about 25 cm wall. The diameter of the stand is 35 cm. In general, I tried to break and fold because of the softness.

Liza, but what a yummy !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Krasiiiiivo !!!

[Vei]

Vei, Lada2014, girls are very beautiful! You have golden pens!

[kolobashka]

And I'm making a house.

where? where is the house ?!
where are you here? which maiden to look at more closely?

The house is not ready yet.))) And I'm taller.
And next to Olya Nadyshneva, a teacher.

kolobashka, cool house, but something early you started to meet the winter.

Barbara, Oh. Can you see the roof?

kolobashka, Varvara, you brought something to the wrong house, but the house is lovely!

Alena, I have not yet registered in the topic of houses))

kolobashkaVarya, so there are the same faces as here, all their own. You are our first-born this season in winter houses! And I see there is such a warm bunch, and there are so many of you!

Ours are just me and Sata. The rest are from the Cook.

[Barbara]

This is my first house. Olya Nadyshneva did it on the course.

Barbara, very nice!!!! and the roof looks tender and tender !! smart girl!

Preparing for Halloween: Building an edible haunted house. MK here
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[Liza]

So, the house. The size turned out to be 12x12 cm, the stand is 14x14 cm, the height together with the stand is 15 cm. The roof does not open, the twig on the roof is painted with food coloring, everything else is icing. I forgot to cut the windows, so I had to

Liza, it turned out very neatly and beautifully! and such windows look good, I probably will do that too, otherwise they always deform with me when baking

Alyona, Thank you. At first, I was a little upset because of the windows, because I wanted to take a picture of a house with light, put the keychain inside. But then I got used to

harmful78, beautiful houses !!! new year smelled!

great spaisbo!

[Mona1]

Liz, a pretty little house with a twig on the roof so New Year's!

Girls, and I want to make such houses, maybe there will be those who wish, look under the spoiler. But I think that icing is there. Is it possible to cling to a cup of tea? And if it gets wet from steam and temperature and icing gets into the tea? The sugar will dissolve, but the protein will float in the cup?

yes it does not cling to very hot tea)) or just put it on and immediately took it off and ate it. but managed to take a picture

Mona1, Tanyush, but this cutting will not help? I also really like the idea !!!

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Mom Tanya, Tan, it's not about cutting, I'll make a template myself, is it just practical on a cup? I don't want customers to have squirrels in their tea.

Of course, I'm not entirely sure, but it seems to me that icing in tea will dissolve without a trace, for the sake of experiment, you can just dissolve a piece of dried icing in hot water and observe, well, the dough must be dense, mazeshkalach probably won't work, but in general, super idea!

Tanya, it seems to me that such a decoration on a cup should be cling to an empty one. That is, when setting the table, and before pouring tea, it must be removed

[Chelsica]

Here, by the way, are my gingerbread.
Autumn house



pink house



House gzhel and just gingerbread

Chelsica, beautiful houses. And write down what sizes.

Chelsica, I liked your houses. especially pink, girly

Thank you so much.
very nice to hear praise addressed to you
Now ready-made is not available, well, about 15cm in height

and where did you buy the mold?

right here 🔗

[elena88]

Girls, and today I climbed through my old photos and accidentally found a house three years ago. The kid was not yet a year old, I was so wrapped up both with work and preparation for the holiday (by tradition, all our relatives celebrate Christmas here), I simply did not have time to bake gingerbread. So as not to break the tradition, I bought a gingerbread house in Ikea and painted it quickly. And now I dug up a photo.

Lena, how neatly you did everything !!!

: crazy: How beautiful! Amazing.
And how was such a roof baked? It is surprising that even strips did not float

elena88, the beauty! How do you taste? I really didn’t like Ikeev's gingerbread.

oh, I didn't notice that you wrote that the house was not baked

Vei, Lisa, thanks for the feedback
kolobashka, Varvara, I won't say that I really did not like the taste. Probably, I was internally prepared for something that would not look like homemade gingerbread. In addition, it can be seen that the dough, initially liquid, was poured into the mold. That is, the technology is completely different and it makes no sense to compare. In addition, I was so exhausted that I didn't even bother on the taste side of the issue.

[Natalia]

Good evening!
My first house. I decided to try it. It turned out to be very difficult ... Half of the snowflakes broke off during assembly ...

Natalia, very nice! and in architectural proportions it is very well and stylishly decorated!
and you can't say that the first one is a craftswoman!

Very nice!
What was the recipe for the dough?
And how did you achieve this dark chocolate color? I can't do it. Please share a secret.

eye, Thank you
Chelsica, dough from Gerda. I added cocoa. Approximately 2 tbsp. spoons with a slide. You can also add brown sugar.
They are not very dark during baking.
The gingerbreads darken more when they lie down a little after baking.

Nehorushka, and what is the size of the house? And how much dough did it take? I'm wondering: did you do the full portion or half?

harmful78, small house 10 x 14 x 12 cm. The dough is not enough. I made a full portion of the dough. From the most part I baked stars for Christmas trees and mittens. The rest turned out to be a house. The house itself weighs 150 grams without a round stand.

Nehorushka, Thank you! I wonder what you wrote about the weight. Yesterday I was asked this question for the first time, so I could not even imagine approximately But that's nothing, on Teacher's Day I had a client who asked: how thick is the carrot? This surprised me so surprised

harmful78, just like a kitchen scale appeared for me, I weigh everything and have fun.
About the thickness of the gingerbread, - fun, I wonder why she is, well, of course people are different.

I also suffered from this, weighed even matchboxes
The house is beautiful and fabulous, well done!

Alena, thank you very much!

[Irina]

Hello colleagues!
I'm trying to get comfortable on the forum, I hope I have uploaded the pictures correctly.
So it’s interesting and useful here that I decided to get out of my information vacuum.
These are my 3,4 and 5 houses. A fascinating business, but a lot of questions. Hope to find answers here

icing and icing only! it should be thick and generously smear all the seams from the inside. The main thing is to dry thoroughly. Cracks could go if the gingerbread panels themselves began to dry out, and the house led.

Yes, I also like icing more, and grabs quickly

I glue on isomalt and only on it. grabs tightly right away, which is especially convenient for tilted parts (roof, sled backs, etc.).

Just incredible beauty! Only yesterday I reviewed it all in search of inspiration for this year and it looks like you gave it to me!

Irina, such beautiful houses! and what questions can you have? it seems you can already do everything!

DaNiSaI'm not at all sure what I'm doing right

And how is it correct? In my opinion, if the house does not fall apart, is pleasing to the eye and delicious, then it is done correctly! And in the case of such beauty as yours, the question of "correctness" somehow does not even arise.

Irina, rightly so as it suits you and so that everything works out in the end! so bring your "wrong" work, we will admire them

[Angelina Pryanikova]

Hello everyone!



I collected a couple of hours, glued it to icing, the first experience, so to speak.) I accept advice and criticism.
Back side of the house.

Angelina PryanikovaWhat a nice house for Gzhel !!! For the first house, just class! Did you paint the pattern with blue dye?

You can use "you". Thank you. Yes, American blue.

and what kind of criticism can there be? everything is so New Year's beautiful!

Goodnight!
Has brought the second house.
I liked collecting more than the first one.

Natalya, beautiful house, neat, I like it very much!
Girls, if they ordered me two houses for St. Nicholas, when it is better for me to do them, so that slowly, quietly and calmly. If I start doing this this week, won't it be too early? And in what way is it better to keep them after drying?

pretty house !! steps, porch, dear mom!

[Alexandra]

Good day everyone!
I'm new to you. The topic of gingerbread houses is insanely interesting, here you can learn a lot of useful subtleties and nuances. This year I decided to cook a house. I carefully studied the whole topic, and I had a question: how long should the ready-made gingerbread "ripen"? Or is it possible to assemble the house right after baking? (I will cook the dough according to Gerda's recipe) ...
I would be very grateful for your help!

Alexandra, I think that it is possible right away, the main thing is that it would cool down and not be soft, that is, not bend. Something I already do not remember how I did. I can't do everything in one day. First the dough, then I bake, then I draw, when the icing dries I collect

according to the recipe from Gerda, the house can be decorated and assembled immediately after baking, as soon as the parts have cooled down. After cooling, this dough becomes completely stone. And it ripens after baking. Although it is simply enriched with moisture from the environment and becomes softer. Last year I baked all the houses and painted and assembled them right away.

[Alena2007]

Good afternoon, tell me, I want to make houses as a gift, but where can you find such beautiful packaging? I've already looked everywhere, but you can't give without packaging ...

Alena2007, what kind of packaging are you talking about?

On the 4th page of the topic there are photos with houses, and they are in the package. In a large pvc film. HERE I can't find one, it's probably just a big package. How to give something without packaging? I'm going to make only my first houses, but if there is no packaging, then what to do?

Alena2007, We sell in flower shops by the yard

It’s a pity, but we don’t have this in the flower one. I even thought that I could buy a package of flowers, but I have to take it with a bouquet. And it will turn out to be too expensive for houses.

Alena2007, But if there are flowers, then why can't there be separately?

Alena2007, well ask the florists to sell. Or ask where they get it.

Alena2007, can be viewed in stationery stores, and also in construction hypermarkets, where there are departments for decoration.

Alena2007, I packed houses and gingerbread in a baking sleeve. It is sold in a roll of 5-10 meters. It turned out fine.

Lydia 777, great baking sleeve idea! Thank you! and that is also a gap where to get the packaging. Our flower shops do not sell this and do not say where they buy - a mystery covered in darkness

[Taranolka]

My first house.
And he appeared thanks to this topic, read it from beginning to end, and could not resist. I've never done gingerbread
Dear girls, thank you all very much for the inspiration that you give with your posts and photos !!!
The dough was made from Gerda, the only thing, sugar appeared during baking, apparently it was not dissolved when heated. I did it for the first time, I liked it very much, I thought it would be more difficult)

Taranolka, figase first! Very good!

Taranolka, nice house, even, I would like to see larger.

kolobashka, Thank you))

Elya_lug, I didn’t understand why the photos didn’t increase, I didn’t quite figure it out on the forum ...
Now I'll try to edit it.

Taranolka, everything worked out, great! What's inside the house?

here is a house in the same colors bright

but from the same dyes, but a drop of each in the cake

everywhere lemon \ or lim. acid is present, but this does not affect the color quality

Girls, has anyone tried to decorate gingerbread houses with lace? Interestingly, if right on the gingerbread, then what to glue on, on the decor gel?

[Nansy]

And today I helped myself, baked 3 pieces, partially decorated, collected ... I look that something is not in its place, but this is nothing more than a door template that I safely forgot to cut In short, my houses will be without doors

Ir, and you just draw them

Nansy, well, as an option
yes figs with them with these doors :) I'll stick a New Year's wreath there

[Taranolka]

I got hooked on the theme with houses
My second house. I've been doing it for 3 days already, probably still the same amount left.
I made the dough for this quickly, without aging, decorative, I found the recipe on another site.
I would like to make a highlight, but so far nothing goes into my head ...

Taranolka, this is a castle !! awesome! what are its dimensions? what test did you do? give details!

Taranolka, very cool we are waiting from the end of work .. Ol, I don’t know you have fixprice stores in your city ... there are now these flashlights dofigische .. I have already typed

DaNiSa, Thank you))
I haven't measured the size yet, then I'll write. If it comes in handy, I can later photograph the drawings. I was very inspired by the house in this topic on the second page, with bears. I looked at him, then I thought of it myself)
Dough
600g flour (when kneading another 100 grams, I added it)
250g sugar powders
4 eggs
2 tablespoons of honey (I put 4)
1 tablespoon of spices
1 teaspoon baking soda
Knead for about half an hour, you can use it immediately.

I made 2 batches for this house, the first part with cocoa, the second without.
According to my impressions, Gerda is better at work and baking, it is more sticky, constantly dusting with flour. It is good because it hardens very quickly, if unbearable to collect))
Pluss, there is! And right not far from me!
Thanks for the tip, tomorrow I'll go there
Thank you

of course, sizes are needed in the topic, questions like this constantly arise - help with the size of the house

Taranolka, Olga, a very large-scale and beautiful house!

Taranolka, well, wow scale !!

Hello everyone! I made my first gingerbread house yesterday, don't judge strictly. turned out to be clumsy. I made a very thick glaze (at the end I understood). but as they say the first pancake is lumpy))) the size of the house is 15/12/23.

I do not have all the photos visible, but from 1 photo I can say that I really like the facade! beautifully!

Thank you!

[Is it possible to save the dough if it crumbles (too much flour)]

Is it possible to save the dough if it crumbles (too much flour)

My girls have a question like this. With a fool I plopped more flour into the dough than necessary. As much as 1500 grams somewhere, mixed up the packs. And in the end, after kneading, my dough crumbles like sand ..... But, to taste, delicious. That is, it is unlikely that anything will come out of it, everything will crumble ... Is it possible to somehow save the situation, for example, add more oil ...? I pushed the dough into the refrigerator to lie .. Or do I need to redo everything again?
dough according to Gerda's recipes.

I'm afraid not ((I had similar cases several times when I forgot to put sugar in, then there was more flour, and the dough became tight and crumbled. Butter did not save, nothing interfered with such a dough. Only, I did not try honey mix it into the ready-made dough, perhaps he would have liquefied it, then I didn't think of this and just cut the dough like a sausage and baked it for homemade tea. It was delicious, everyone was happy))

Vei, yes, I here thought that I could dissolve the butter-honey-egg in the proporia and mix it into this dough ... Which crumbles .. But anyway, I think that it will not work for anything - I screwed up. Even if you make substandard cookies, mine is unlikely to be eaten - they are more and more on cakes, they do not eat any cookies ... It's a shame, you have to throw everything out and start over. And all through my fault - it didn't work out to save ... But it crumbles, so you still need to add something, otherwise it will be impossible to bake anything at all ... Maybe then only honey with an egg? Or in general, only honey, since it does not work with butter ...

Alena2007, I would not add oil. try to take a small piece of dough and stir in a teaspoon of honey, see what happens. Do not try to mix in the whole dough at once, do not transfer honey.

I read here there is another option - maybe with sour cream what happens. It seems that it is always added at the end according to the recipe .. Although it is not in this recipe, it may come out to intervene. And the idea with a small piece of dough is great! And then honey is really expensive, and if you then throw everything away, then it's a pity ...
By the way, I'm talking about my dough, into which I put flour and eventually it began to pour. I thought that I would have to throw everything out. The next day, I proportionally dissolved the butter and sugar again, added honey, an egg, and then slowly crumbled my dough and mixed it in there. And it turned out to be quite rolling out for itself and I baked gingerbread cookies and spare parts for houses from it, however, so far without roofs. Maybe someone will need the information if, just like me, someone will shift the flour. The dough can be saved.

[tassel]

Hello, I want to show my first houses, I wanted to try for a long time, and my grandson asked for a house, do not judge strictly

tassel, everything worked out, the photo is visible, just 5 smart houses! what kind of dough? what sizes?

Irina Khlebnikova's dough recipe, sugar-honey gingerbread dough, sizes 16 * 10 * 10, all as gifts for relatives, 6 more will have to be done, this is not enough, thanks for the praise, nice