We decorate gingerbread cookies, cookies

Girls. I do not exhibit my work, but I read everything regularly. Recently there was a discussion about powder. So, I bought our Donetsk powder and I came across a package (10 pieces of 400 g each) consisting of almost one starch. I couldn't understand right away what was wrong with icing! Literally in 1.5-2 minutes, he became a stake. The first time I thought I was wrong about the proportions. The second time is the same. When you try to dilute it with water, it seems to be not liquid. but from the gingerbread it flows in all directions. and then I decided to taste icing. And he's not sweet. I had a chalk feeling in my mouth. I rushed to the powder, it's not sweet either! Then I decided to dilute the powder in water, it turned out to be a suspension similar to milk. My experiments continued and I became a chemist, that is, I added iodine and got a solution that looked like ink! For the purity of the experiment, I took powder from an already tested batch and performed the same actions. Got a slightly bluish tint to the solution. then there is starch in the powder, although it is not declared in the composition (these are the manufacturers of radishes)! So be careful, if something is wrong, check the powder right away!

[Yrochka]

Yrochka, Ira, well, I join the girls' delight, no words, it is very difficult, very cool, high-class one can say, and undoubtedly very professional. Taking off my hat.
Nehorushka, Natasha, but I really like both the background and chess, how many times I wanted to make chess, but I didn’t know how to do it. Now I know! Great job!
harmful78Yes, it is very difficult to write logos, you wrote correctly - just the inscription is much easier, but in the logo you need to copy the font as close to the original as possible. And I really like the calculator, I just don't understand - were the buttons separately made on the file or were they drawn by filling?

[ledi]

ledi, I have a breakthrough after visiting a store with sprinkles, dyes, packaging and other confectionery pribludes. For some reason, it is new materials that inspire. And you can also go to Pinterest to see what the foreign craftswomen are doing.
I finished with an order that was extreme in terms of the day of the accountant. 80 pieces in 11 hours.
Taxes, payments, contracts, reports ...

Kills photo quality after upload

Yrochka, Ira, really colossal work! Take a photo of one gingerbread separately for a closer look. By the way, we on Pinterest now walk in rows and columns for some time now.

[Anjela1]

Anjela1, the gingerbread dish is great, the Christmas tree looks voluminous. A card with snowmen is simply awesome, a beautiful background and figures.
elena88, Lena, funny santis toys, kids will love it 100%
ledi, Vera, cool elegant gingerbread!
MartaIg, dear Santa Claus, the eyes are only too narrow. The monkey is not exactly monkey, but cute.
Yrochka, the postcard is cool !!! White balls added a holiday spirit. Very unusual.
Nehorushka, cool chess, cool idea and execution! A white or black background would be great.
harmful78, well done, cool for the Day of the accountant! what handwriting, I can't even imagine how and how much you wrote ... Vodka, yes urgently, or buy alcohol at the pharmacy.
Yrochka, I did how much work, well done, I would like to look closer.

[Angelina Pryanikova]

Girls, hello! Are you accepting new ones?
My snowman)) I am learning slowly.

Angelina Pryanikova, Alla, what a cute snowman!

of course we accept! )))
the snowman is great

Angelina Pryanikova, funny snowman in a summer hat. Eyeliner or contour drip?

Thank you for your hospitality!
About eyeliner - where is it? Where is the pen? I wanted to give volume, I paint with a brush, yesterday I painted for the first time. Before that, only from a bag of glaze.

Angelina Pryanikova, hand, head, abdomen - I see a green line, or is it black so diluted. The heart is neat!

Angelina Pryanikova, Hi! Good work !!

It's bluish))) snow, shadows ... test of the pen, so to speak)))

Angelina Pryanikova, Alla, cute, cool snowman and welcome to our group!

Yes of course! the snowman is cool! Size, from which test?
And I would also like, as in the cake theme, where girls exhibit their work, not only to show, but also to devote time for others, commenting and advising something. And then some come to show their creativity, and do not pay attention to others. It happens that you ask a person a question about his work, but he does not answer. I'm probably angry today

Hey. I have a small little boy, I can't devote much time to the forum, but I'll try, I do it at night, and I don't have time to sit at the computer during the day, so while dad is at home at the weekend, I'll try to join in slowly.
The size of the gingerbread is 10 cm, the dough ... I don’t know if you have this on the list, I didn’t revise every recipe, my friend gave it to me.
50 gr of honey
100 grams of sugar
1 egg
orange peel
spices - cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg. Melt this all over the fire, constantly stirring, do not bring to a boil. As the sugar melts - remove from the stove, add 0.5 tsp. soda, stir until it stops rising. Then add in small pieces 50 grams of softened plums. oils, stir, stir. At the end add 250-300 grams of flour until the dough is soft and elastic. In the film and in the refrigerator. It can be stored there for a long time, a month for sure. Ready-made gingerbreads are stored for 6 months.
The recipe is not for a large amount, but I did not try to increase it, I knead with such small parties.

[Yrochka]

Newbie ready
I would like to have a decorated Christmas tree at home

Gorgeous Christmas tree! Is it big?

Yrochka, very stylish!

Yrochka, Ira, the gingerbread is very unusual, stylish, beautiful and with a good mood!
What is your nickname in insta?

Yrochka, I admire your gingerbread. Gorgeous.

Burunduk, gingerbread is a girl's dream!
Angelina Pryanikova, 15 cm approx. In general, this is a tree-shaped tin box lid.
Elya_lug, elena88, Vei, Whoshkathank you girls! On Instagram, I'm iboykova, but it's not like a gingerbread account, everything is in a heap.

Yrochka, Irochka, everyone, without exception, wants to look at your works with a cup of tea, slowly sipping and enjoying every detail!
80 gingerbread in 11 hours, and even of this quality! This is what I understand, this is according to our

YrochkaI have culture shock from your gingerbread! Once again, bravo! the color scheme impresses me to the impossibility and the quality and relevance of the craquelure

Yrochka, Ira, awesome and awesome snowmen!

[Burunduk]

Hello, girls, I haven't looked in for a long time - and here it is! Oh yes, new ones, they raised this bar! She stole the praises, the work is just super
I will show my gingerbread, however, the most important thing in it is not to be seen: no matter how I tried, I could not convey the relief in the photo. And he is there ...

Fir-trees, the quality of the photo is as if I was taking pictures on the run!

Burunduk, Tanyusha, what a tender tenderness it turned out, just AH!

Yrochka, Mona1thanks girls! My princesska is something non-photogenic, a rare case - in life it will be more beautiful

Girls, my dear, thank you very much for your help, you helped me a lot and made my work easier
Earlier it was impossible to get to the computer, while it happened, you brought a hundred and so much new and beautiful
Burunduk, Tanya, the princess, although she is not photogenic, is very very charming, you can see how much attention you paid to small details and additional drawings, I hope that you put her in OK, I'll go and look at her in her true form.

I also noticed that when uploading photos, they lose an order of magnitude in quality

Burunduk, Tatyana, such a cute princess! Well, you need so much patience to draw so many little things. I drew two cats with dyes and I was already exhausted, and here - a PRINcess!

Has not pleased us for a long time! Tanya you have a "competitor" in the topic: girl_haha: Now we have two artists. Or maybe I miscalculated and there are more of them. No offense.
Tan. oh, how I want to see your gingerbread live!

Ira has wonderful works. And the competitor is not the one that needs to be pulled down to its level, but the one that needs to be reached. So the appearance
Ira gave me a lot of enthusiasm, especially since I'm direct food from the style of prototypes, so I like pictures
The gingerbread is no longer alive ... It was an order for me for a cake for two birthday people, six-year-old twins, and a 3 kg cake, not to go too far. So I have a cake with almost no decor, just a dummy, and on it is a gingerbread with a princess for a girl, with a makvin for a boy, plus gingerbread cookies with numbers and letters. As a result, it is bright and there is a lot that you can steal

Burunduk, Tan, sweet gingerbread! So I want to see the relief in more detail! Surely he looks really awesome alive. I really want to try something like that, but it's somehow scary to take on, or what?

Well, not entirely awesome ... I don't get smooth flat surfaces in this technique - the neck is a little cellulite, the dress in relief is not according to the idea, but it happened. But the volumetric elements look interesting - puffs on the sleeves, cheeks, folds along the bottom of the dress.
And about scary to take - and who are you afraid of? It didn’t work out - they crumpled themselves on the sly, it worked out - the chest with a wheel and here it! How could it be otherwise?
I thought and didn’t agree with myself - if it didn’t work out, then even more so here for him, for debriefing

Burunduk, Tanya, I put it wrong. Not that it is downright scary, but a state of insecurity. You need a picture to inspire. Well it is necessary to dig and find. Recycle it for gingerbread. Think over the color scheme. Present the fill sequence. Well, what am I explaining to you? You know better than me. And here NG is on the nose. It is necessary to provide all the numerous relatives, teachers, educators, trainers and adm. pool, a pediatrician with a nurse who work with his son. And the kids that go to the studio with the little ones? And the kindergarten friends? Man 50 will definitely be typed. So there is no time to experiment. Now the New Year holidays will end, then maybe ...

Well, just after the New Year holidays, there will be a couple of weeks of calm. We are waiting, waiting, waiting! ;-)

Burunduk, Tan, it is certainly calm. Only normal people bake to order, and I pamper all my neighbors.

So wonderful to do! :-)

[And I would also like, as in the cake theme, where girls exhibit their work, not only to show, but also to devote time for others, commenting and advising something. And then some come to show their creativity, and do not pay attention to others. It happens that you ask a person a question about his work, but he does not answer.]

And I would also like, as in the cake theme, where girls exhibit their work, not only to show, but also to devote time for others, commenting and advising something. And then some come to show their creativity, and do not pay attention to others. It happens that you ask a person a question about his work, but he does not answer.I'm probably angry today

Ver, well, about myself. There are questions that by the time of reading others have already answered, I have nothing to add - so I am silent. Or here's a question about sagging on the reverse side - I have nothing to say, I have not encountered such a problem, so I am also silent. And if suddenly it happens to ignore a direct question, then it's not out of anger or laziness, honestly. Just do not hesitate to poke your nose, suddenly I didn’t notice or I just forgot :) Now I’m finishing the MK on our family "drunk cherry", I promised girls in the subject about cream cakes a long time ago, all hands didn’t reach, but I didn’t forget! And they are also embarrassed to remind them, but in vain!

There are questions that by the time of reading others have already answered

I meant those questions that directly relate to the author's work (gingerbread) I just reminded that we don't forget to answer

Girls! And what on TV they said - today is International Gingerbread Day! So our holiday! All success in creativity and that the gingerbread always turned out!

Happy Gingerbread everyone !!!

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Whoever wants to, then notes
🔗 happy girls holiday!

Girls!!! Happy holiday to all of us! I wish everyone a festive mood, inspiration in what they love, creative take-offs, original designs and, of course, a warm and cozy atmosphere in our sweet gingerbread company. The belated thanks to Larochka and Lizonka for pushing me into Pinterest literally with kicks and scruffy is a powerful source of inspiration.

[Mona1]

Mona1, oh, so I wanted a holiday almost professional! Immediately I remembered a picture of a "freelance corporate party" where a lonely comrade sits at a table in a birthday cap and a cake. With a sad face.
All excellent gingerbread and dear clients!
ledi, yeah, craquelure, anointed a little.
Well, in time it turns out faster and faster. I spent 1.5 hours on this card.

Snowmen are awful!

What can I say - super! Ideally, there is nothing to remove Ir, please tell me where you have on this postcard drawing with colored icing, and where with paints with a brush

Yrochka, please tell me how you get such a beautiful transition in color on sweatshirts? Do you tint with dry paints or what? Snowmen are very happy to just look at them.

[Pluss]

Hello everyone.
Well, just SUPER !!! Everyone's work is amazing ... and Newbies, who are not new at all in this business, just drive them into wild delight ..

Girls, who tried to do with Hungarian varnish?
I can see it through ... or do I need to swell a wild amount of paint? damn hand does not rise to put a lot of paint.
And all the recipes on the Internet are not sweetened, I don't like that either, I add a little powdered sugar, it doesn't seem to affect the consistency ..

Pluss, hmm ... Hungarian varnish ... I will wait, I will listen In our latitudes, we have not heard about this

Yrochka, I honestly hoped that you knew ..
1 yolk + 1 tsp milk + dye + a little powdered sugar
you mix, filter, grease the gingerbread and put it in the oven for a few minutes ... from one time I get semi transparent ... in the photo on the internet there is a dense fill, I can't do that. after the first time I grease it again and again in the oven ... it's better, but still there is no color density ..
it still looks great, but just sports interest in why transparency is present ... maybe dioxide is added ...

I can say I do it by eye. I have dry dyes already diluted with water. That's why I pour them, not milk. I look at the color. if saturated, then drip some water, so that the brush does not flow and not thickly. Once it was heavily diluted, so the gingerbread cookies took small bubbles

[Angelina Pryanikova]

Whoa! How many wrote) Indeed, something can be missed in such a stream of messages. And certainly not out of spite!
Angelina Pryanikova , Thank you! Wonderful house!
Marohka, I do the transitions with a wet brush with a dye and blur it a bit then with a clean wet one. The main thing here is to get the hang of the dye once, otherwise it turns out sloppyly smeared, icing is blurred. But with a clean wet brush, smooth out the transition. Well, first try the concentration of paint on the brush on a rough-gingerbread. I hope I explained clearly
Burunduk , thank you! Paint with brush 0 wherever there are strokes. For me, this version of the postcard is much easier than any filler pieces. Here, in theory, all large details are colored and everything else with a brush with white and black dyes.
Mona1, thank you!

It does not apply to the topic, but I am directly bursting with the fact that tomorrow is a well-deserved day off and I will go to the country club to learn how to bake bread with live sourdough

[Sahara]

Girls, well, you are walking by leaps and bounds!
I dropped out of the forum for a couple of days, now I'm 10 pages behind :)
So I'll start from afar :)
Sahara, Lerochka, what wonderful gingerbread cookies you have!
I like everyone! Such an assortment, and this is with your load! Thanks for sharing your ideas!

Yrochka, Ira, your postcards are very stylish and original!
And, in general, you have a very professional and high-quality approach to work!

elena88, Lena, Santa Clauses are very cool!
They look great, the idea is original!
ledi, Vera, what are your gingerbread cookies !!!
They are 100% New Year and Christmas!
Very pretty and smart!

MartaIg, Martha, Christmas gingerbread cookies are very beautiful! Santa Claus is so cunning :)
Nehorushka, Natasha, wonderful and painstaking work! There is nothing to find fault with! Well done!
You are a master of non-standard forms and solutions!
harmful78, Lisa, very beautiful and neat gingerbread! I liked the calculator very much! Well, everyone else, of course, too!

Angelina Pryanikova, the snowman is very cute!

Burunduk, Tanya, the girl you turned out to be beautiful!
Did you do the volume in the new technique?
It is a pity, of course, not to really consider anything :(

Katerina79/ Katerina, oh, thank you very much for such an assessment!

Katerina79, Katyusha, thank you!

[Mona1]

Girls, and gel paints Amerikolor, what does it mean in the name of the color - electrician? For example, I need pink, a lot goes for newborns, I now have Ateko Deep Pink (deep pink). But it roughly corresponds to Amerikolor - Light pink, dark pink or electric pink? The electrician is brighter, I think that it is necessary to put it less to get light pink, that is, it will be more economical. Or the color will not be the same as the gingerbread kids need.

Mona1, Tanya, light pink, probably don't take it, the consumption will be big.
I have Deep pink, I really like this color!
You can get light pink and rich bright pink. And it is very well concentrated, the consumption is not large.
I don't know anything about Electric, I haven't used it

Tanya, I have a pink electrician - if you add a little, then the usual pleasant pink, and if more, then from the category of "pluck your eyes"))) these are never pastel colors! I like it, on occasion I will also buy a green electrician.

Mona1, Tanya, do you have Ukrasovsky dry cherry? Very little is needed for pink

Vera, there is, Carmoisin, but it is necessary to dilute this, and for filling it is possible, but for lines if you paint, then there is a thick icing, I do not want to put a drop of water there.

tell you such dry paints, otherwise I'll just choose which ones are better to take

do you water them, and then add them to icing or what? educate beginners, otherwise the dough is already in the refrigerator, tomorrow I will bake. So it's time to figure it out with icing and dyes

Virgin, why do you dilute dry dye with water? I have helium ones, but I bought dry ones with a specialist for icing, so as not to add excess moisture. I pour the powder straight, it can be painted very well. I have Indian paints.

add when whipping icing?

lilycha, Lilya. in my big jars.

I, yes, I do, but I still won't risk it, I don't know how much to pour

lilycha, no, already whipped. I divide into portions and paint.

ledi, yes, I sprinkle it a little, stir it and look. If I'm pale, I still pour it. Literally a few grains of dust.

[Mona1]

I do icing for the lines, paint it with gel dye. And for pouring, it is necessary to dilute the icing with a little water, here in a teaspoon of water and there I usually pick up the paint with the handle of a spoon and put it in the box, stir it, it immediately dissolves, interfered with the same end of the spoon to dissolve, and into icing. But it is better to immediately dissolve more in water and, like Vera, keep it small in a jar or bottle. And add a little to get the desired icing color saturation. It seems that this dry dye can be dissolved in lemon juice, so if icing is with lemon juice, then it can be dissolved in it, but I did not do that, maybe the girls will tell me. To me, in truth, gel is easier and faster. But when you need a lot of fill of this color, it is better dry, it is cheaper, I regret the gel.So I painted the fill on the letters with this dry karmoisin, I really liked it, it is evenly painted and quite bright, the icing is not curled up, it is smooth.

Mona1, Tanya thanks for the answer

Tanyahow nicely painted! And at the dawn of gingerbread making, I bought dry paints in the supermarket. So they didn't paint anything and the grains remained. Maybe you need a specialized try? And then I have direct trouble with red, so much of it goes away. And the new year is ahead ...

girls, I still have a question, I did the icing, separated the portion, painted and while I draw the rest for them in the refrigerator or can it stand like that? if in a refrigerator, then beat it again or stir it and that's it? and how much can it cost without a refrigerator?

Maybe so, or maybe in the refrigerator. Cover it well with a wet towel. You can mix. If it takes a long time to beat it. Without a refrigerator, it costs me 2-3 hours while I work.

when is it on the table? and tightly close in the refrigerator? got it right?

Yes. But I put a towel in the refrigerator too. Just in case.

If I have to store icing in the refrigerator, then I transfer it to a plastic container, cover it with a damp paper towel, and then a hermetically sealed plastic lid. Then it is not taken with a crust. I read this on some Czech site. So I do now. Beat gently with a mixer before use.

thanks girls!

[Vei]

Girls, here are some more snowflakes. Do not think, these are not the same, I just have a lot of them and they are all different)))

Great! Indeed, like nature, all snowflakes are similar, but none are identical!

Lizonka, what a beauty !!!! Everyone is so different and pretty! Painted and festive! I can't even decide which one I like the most, one is prettier than the other!
Blue, as if made through a stencil and pink toys are very original!

Vei, Liza! What scrupulousness and accuracy! I am just amazed at the amazing effect! Only such a quality performance looks worthy against a contrasting background. And so many options! Where did you get so much or are you an artist yourself ?! Oh, hands itch. And to yourself, perhaps, paint on varnish?

Blue, as if made through a stencil and pink toys are very original!

blue is through the stencil, and from above it has already been covered with soft icing, so that there is no such a sharp stencil effect. And I plagiarized the pink ones from the Internet, I don't even remember who, but I didn’t like the result, I understood my mistakes, I will take it into account next time.

Where did you get so much or are you an artist yourself ?!

the first two or three I tried to plagiarize, and then it started - it was just drawing, I could not stop. I had to make 50 of them, I had to draw everything quickly and in the same way, but it’s LZZHZH BORING !!!! so I drew each one as inspiration ordered. Most of all I was pleased that I was already beginning to compose patterns myself - an exciting business, I want to say))

You absolutely provoked me!

What a beauty!!!! And each gingerbread is exclusive !!! Very cool painting !!!! Can a pattern be plagiarized?

Girls, I need two houses for St. Nikolay, if I start making them today tomorrow, is it very early? I would like to leisurely, carefully.

Can a pattern be plagiarized?

Of course, you can, everything that is publicly available on the internet is a priori allowed to be repeated.

we need two houses for St. Nikolay, if I start making them today tomorrow, is it very early?

not early, normal, nothing will happen to the houses, the main thing is not to gather dust.

Thank you so much!
I was just told once that work cannot be plagiarized, like the masters do not like it. Well, how not to repeat if, in principle, all possible ideas have already been used.
So I will repeat. Thank you!

Vei, Elizabeth! What a beauty! What patterns! And each one is unique and unrepeatable! Just class!

oh, well, if something worthwhile, then plagiarism is inevitable))) another thing is that even I can not always repeat one to one. I plagiarized for a year, and now I'm drawing myself, so I have to start somewhere))

Angelina Pryanikova, well, and the masters themselves always invent everything themselves?
Well, for example, I made a gingerbread in the shape of a loaf, simply because it suddenly occurred to me. I did it, and then, once, on the net, I look and a lot of people have already made such loaves before me. And what am I now ?! The baton is also not their invention before them, someone was the first to invent it anyway, so ...

Vei, Lisa, how beautiful!
And to my shame I have never done it with varnish.
I look at yours and admire, the beauty is winter and fabulous!

Angelina Pryanikova, it seems to me that, of course, no one likes it when his work was taken and remade in his own way and everything was passed off as his own. But if you took someone else's work, did it in your own way and inserted a link to the author's work, this is already nice for the author. Or at least write that ideas from the Internet

Olga_Z, if remade and passed off as their own - that's still good. But if you took someone else's photo - yes. This is unpleasant. But at least I would.
Vei, Elizabeth, such lovely snowflakes! New Year's - New Year's, as if Santa Claus himself painted And the rope can withstand them? My lacquer just makes the gingerbread cookies sooooo soft

harmful78, yes, when other people's photos are put - this is certainly very unpleasant

[Vei]

Veiwhat beautiful snowflakes !!!! But today I was looking for ideas on how to paint snowflakes, I had to go here

Here are my first New Years. Ideas from the Internet. Comments and criticism are welcome

Olga_Z, Olya, neat and beautiful gingerbread! Elegant New Year's colors!

Olga_Z, Ol, bright festive gingerbread! Very neat execution. The fill is even. I really like the sugar topping. The photo does not convey, but in the light it sparkles so festively! I also recently made mittens. I'll also earn some money and show you too.

Olga_Z, Olya, pretty gingerbread turned out! So neat and restrained in decoration, but made with taste and very festive!
I especially liked the set in the last photo, the Christmas trees are unpretentious, but they look very original!

Please enlighten how the sugar powder is made

Lilya, just sprinkle freshly poured icing with sugar. But this should be done when the other areas of the gingerbread that you do not plan to sprinkle are already completely dry, or first pour and sprinkle the desired fragment, and then pour everything else.

Olga_Z, and I liked the red and white gingerbread most of all. Wonderful simple

Olga_Z, I like it! Simple and tasteful! The coverage is even!

Girls, thank you all for the comments. And with the fill I train everything, I have it from time to time - sometimes even, sometimes not very well. But I will overcome her someday

lilychawhile I saw the question, Lera (Sahara) has already answered everything
Sahara, the coverage is just super !!! and gingerbread cookies on a stick are very cute, beautiful !!!
I would combine gold with silver - jewelry made of white icing, and then cover it with silver kandurin. Greens - lighter green (light green), white and orange similar in tone.

And I also really need where you take

[Yrochka]

Well, in time it turns out faster and faster. I spent 1.5 hours on this card.

Yrochka, abalde!
I fell in love with all your postcards, and especially with these snowmen!
did not even suspect that you can draw edible like that 🔗

[Sahara]

Today I finished experimenting with Lera's gingerbread dough (Sahara). Thanks again for the wonderful recipe
My conclusion is that the gingerbread from it are soft and tasty, when only the dough is cooked, when it has been in the refrigerator for 5 days, the gingerbread cookies are still soft after baking, but more spicy than those that are baked immediately, and after 10 days, the gingerbreads are soft, but crumble more when broken, the surface during baking is not so smooth, even more spicy, but still tasty for me.
During this time, the dough has not deteriorated - neither a bad smell, nor mucus, nor anything else to say that it has deteriorated

Oh, I forgot to write, Olya, thanks for experimenting with my test
I think many girls who bake little by little will take note.

And I'm experimenting with varnish ...I don’t know if they watched the commercials of Rolton or Mivina, where the girl repainted everything in the house, what she came across, and now I’m doing the same thing, now I’m doing gingerbread, I planned to paint 25-30 pieces, pour the rest and just paint, and then, how it went
In general, I got burgundy, and red, and brown, and crimson, and red with mother-of-pearl and even gold, it looks like I have invented a new recipe for varnish Tomorrow I will try to take a picture in daylight and show the result of my experiments, but while I am going to paint a couple more, I wanted some kind of turquoise ioi green brighter

Sahara, Ler, I have a question for you right away.
Are you hot bedspreads? Well, what proportions?
I am waiting for the results of your experiments!

Katyusha, bedspreads cold, kept in the oven for 10 minutes at 100 degrees.

In general, the girls, could not stand it until the morning, took a picture, as it is, but I really want to show you what happened.
True, now I have a brain explosion - I don’t know, green and gold with what to paint, or rather what color with icing.
Red and crimson - clearly white, green can be red and white, but what golden gingerbread?

This varnish turned out to be plump, does not leave streaks, is not transparent, it also tastes good because of the secret ingredient It dries quickly, does not take.
I used American dry paints, took them at a super price by weight, whoever needs it - I'll show you where.
I also added kandurin, in some colors, (I also took it there at a good price, grabbed it out of greed, now it came in handy))).
In principle, all red gingerbread cookies are of different shades, there are pearlescent red ones, not visible in the photo. Below is a brown gingerbread according to the usual recipe, there are visible stains and the varnish is visible.
Gingerbread for mother-of-pearl is better ideally smooth, and this time I screwed up the dough - I sprinkled flour (((
Then I want to try blue or blue, maybe purple more ...


I also made these on a stick at my leisure

Sahara, Lera! This is what a beauty !!! Very impressive and festive !!!

Sahara, Lera, look very nice and elegant!
Is it all covered at once? Is the varnish so thick?

Lera, class. are the bedspreads damp? because I can't imagine how baked another 10 minutes in the oven. about the paint you need. and very much about the glaze), I did not make friends with Lizochkina. does not come out in any way, but hottsa))) here I tried gelatin - lie dry. uzho, like 5 hours and everything sticks. maybe the recipe is needed)) otherwise I watched the video, it didn’t work, so I’ll play it off))

Sahara, Lera, very good! I absolutely love it! Especially from gold. Can paint on it in blue or bright blue? Blue with gold - the color of the French royal court

Want! but we would like to see: yahoo: What a beauty! I hesitate to ask for the secret ingredient: girl_red: Lera, they are gorgeous, very smooth.
So for myself, after the last painting, I decided that it is better to cover the cold baked gingerbread, and then dry it. I have hot gingerbread cookies, because they are super soft from your dough

Sahara, super turned out! Mother of pearl is visible. What's the secret ingredient? I am not shy to ask.
For gold it is possible and gold, me katstsa.

Sahara, Lera, when do you have time to experiment ?! With your workload, this is heroism! The beauty is eye-catching. I didn't think that the varnish itself could look so great. : bravo: Share your secret, how did you do it? And the gold background is very friendly with the red pattern and with the black one too. A very funny series on a stick. you clever !!!

Sahara, Lera, super!
Perfect lacquer finish! The colors are very beautiful!
Don't torment your soul, tell me how you made the varnish!
I need

I really need it too!
Lerochka, don't let it go, tell us about the experiment!

Ler, well, there are simply no words, super duper varnish, what is it, I can't sleep now, prick already, what's the secret additive? We're all our own, we're no one, no, no!)))
By the way, I remembered a film with Celentano, when he was an engineer at a glass factory, his secret additive. ))) I hope you are not like that?

[Varnish for covering gingerbread with condensed milk]

Varnish for covering gingerbread with condensed milk
In general, the girls, could not stand it until the morning, took a picture, as it is, but I really want to show you what happened.
True, now I have a brain explosion - I don’t know, green and gold with what to paint, or rather what color with icing.
Red and crimson - clearly white, green can be red and white, but what golden gingerbread?

This varnish turned out to be plump, does not leave streaks, is not transparent, it also tastes good because of the secret ingredient It dries quickly, does not take.
I used American dry paints, took them at a super price by weight, whoever needs it - I'll show you where.
I also added kandurin, in some colors, (I also took it there at a good price, grabbed it out of greed, now it came in handy))).
In principle, all red gingerbread cookies are of different shades, there are pearlescent red ones, not visible in the photo. Below is a brown gingerbread according to the usual recipe, there are visible stains and the varnish is visible.
Gingerbread for mother-of-pearl is better ideally smooth, and this time I screwed up the dough - I sprinkled flour (((
Then I want to try blue or blue, maybe purple more ...



I also made these on a stick at my leisure



Girls, I apologize for the delay in answering. In the morning I have been writing this post with raids, I will never finish

In fact, the recipe for varnish is simple and similar to Hungarian varnish, only we replace milk with condensed milk)))
1 yolk
1 teaspoon of condensed milk
dye (preferably dry)
I also tried the gelled red Amerikolor, the varnish is not so thick and dense, the coating is a little translucent.

We wipe the yolk through a strainer, add condensed milk, stir well, add paint and stir again well, I stirred with a brush, which I used to paint later, an ordinary art brush, with soft natural bristles, about 1 or 1.5 cm wide.
Covered the cooled gingerbread cookies, then dried in the oven for 10 minutes at 100 degrees, the gingerbread cookies did not dry out, remained soft, the varnish remains smooth and is not taken.
Moreover, it is very desirable to take condensed milk thicker, I had a real Belarusian one, there is a spoon right there.
it is condensed milk that gives a good density to the varnish and whitens the yolk a little, due to which a little paint is needed, the varnish turns out to be thick, viscous, similar to gouache, the gingerbread is covered with it very cool, lays down from the first stroke, does not spread, there are no streaks and the gingerbread does not shine through, I think it can be used not only as a coating, but also to paint with a brush, however, who has the skills of an artist))) I will also try to make Christmas tree decorations with 2-3-colored varnish, for example, with stripes, and decorate transitions with icing.
I am also delighted that golden varnish can be used instead of gold paint already on dried icing, for example, I have a lot of different gold paints, both gel and dry, and on alcohol, but none of them fit perfectly, and Kandurin, if diluted with alcohol, crumples up and changes color.
For the mother-of-pearl we add canurin, I added canurin-emerald.
For the gold lacquer, I used a kandurin fire flash.
Now for paints, I took a super offer here in the fall 🔗 - kandurin
🔗 - paint

Sold by weight, Kandurin at 55-75 hryvnia (206-281 rubles) for 25 grams, this is a full bag, very high quality, the manufacturer is not specified.
Paint at 15 hryvnia (56 rubles) per 10 grams, American, very rich colors and a fairly large assortment.
Prices are still relevant today.
There is also a section on gingerbread felling, there are many interesting, but a little expensive, although prices have increased all around now.
🔗
Well, finally I finished writing, there will be questions - ask
I just think I made such an advertisement for this store, I will have to ask them for a percentage

Sahara, however, how did you guess to put condensed milk?
Definitely a bonus for you from the store, and from all of us. Well this is such beauty you can eat!
Then kick me. A bunch of gingerbread lies, the protein has already been separated, it remains only to beat and start working. But there is no inspiration.

Sahara, Lera, thanks for the secret recipe and for the links. So I also wonder how you invented this recipe, did you dream about it?

Lerochka, this is a real scientific treatise. In general, it's simple, how everything is ingenious, but I'm also perplexed, how did you come up with it? It happens to the varnish, I add sugar, but so that the condensed milk is not finished. In general, a huge thank you for the simply invaluable gift, especially for me, because, as you know, I do not like continuous fill, but I love to paint on varnish. And Belarusian condensed milk is a thing, I have been with us before, but right now, I don’t know, I’ll look.
And thank you for spending so much time with us.
P.S. Lehr, I advise you to run right now and apply for a patent for an invention.

Barbara, Vera, Tanyusha, girls, my logical thinking is to blame for everything)))
I thought that the Hungarian varnish should be made thicker and denser and tastier, someone was talking about powder, Ira mentioned gum for thickening, so I thought, but condensed milk will give all this when changing milk, I was just afraid that the varnish would not dry out normal or will stick, it turned out that everything is super. I have long dreamed of gold plating, I wish I could come up with gold icing for painting, it looks like Lena and I are pushing for one thing
By the way, it is better to take the yolk lighter, then there are more chances to paint the varnish without surprises, I also thought for the coarse varnish, maybe it will work ... and paint with red or blue icing.
Lacquer in general for Christmas tree decorations is super, nevertheless, the gingerbread with filling is 2 times heavier and the gingerbreads usually break at the hole.
And the savings are just crazy, for one serving of gingerbread it takes me about 7-8 proteins and about 1.5 kg of powder, and then it took 4 yolks, teaspoons of condensed milk and a bit of dye
In general, I'm not overjoyed

[ledi]

but what golden gingerbread ???

Gold is combined with red, it looks beautiful on New Year's toys.
Here are my non-smooth gingerbread cookies, size 9-12 cm

ledi, Vera, your holiday is in full swing. Of course, most of all I liked the classic ones, which are white in varnish. I look and really want to too. But I won't. Already baked a lot for pouring, it is necessary to bring to mind. I also like the bells in the first photo, but it seemed to me that the icing was too thin. Oh, I'm ashamed to bring criticism here, but I drive a bummer myself. Yesterday I mixed the icing and went to bed. I was completely lazy.

elena88, Lena, thank you! And about icing, no, it's not watery. On the red bell on the left, the application of yellow icing was done with a brush, well, like "anointed", and then a pattern was made with a brush. And on the right, kandurin probably gave shine In general, I did something that I myself cannot explain
And the photo is of poor quality. We are constantly cloudy, there is not enough light for photographs, the flash distorts.
Come on, bring yours soon! I know you, I probably thought of something new!

ledi, Vera, I really like your gingerbread!
Especially red and white!

[Yrochka]

Girls, good morning. I always read you, the works are very beautiful.
Yrochka, from your gingerbread cards in admiration. Very unusual and stylish. And their mood is so positive.
Vei, Lisa, you have such wonderful snowflakes. With your permission, I will take them as a sample and sign gingerbread for my daughters on the Christmas tree. I love red and white patterns very much.
I'll show you my gingerbread. There are few of them, I made them for Mother's Day as a gift. Dough from Lera-Sahara. The size is about 10 × 10 cm.






In the last photo, colored gingerbread cookies with kandurin - Golden glow and Red glow. I didn't like the result. I could not apply it evenly.

Sl @ wall @, Very delicate gingerbread)))

Sl @ wall @, very tender gingerbread !!! I especially liked white flowers on white. And how did you make such squares? Was it first that one part of the squares was poured, and then, when the first ones dried up, the other?

Sl @ wall @, Ksyusha, very cool gingerbread!
Such puffs! The pick turned out very well!

Marta, Katya, thank you!
Olga_Z, Olga, thank you.
Yes, I filled it in a checkerboard pattern, first some squares, then others.
In my opinion, in this thread they even posted step-by-step photos of how to do it.
It's not convenient to search from the phone at all, so I would give a link.

[MartaIg]

A small portion of my New Year's, dimensions 13 by 14 cm, dough by Larisa Volnitskaya

MartaIg, I really like everyone who is so cute. Have you used stencils here (saw Dasha still sold stencils for such gingerbread cookies)?

Olga_Z, thanks, the form itself is from Dasha Rokitskaya, but I did not use the stencil, as I came up with and drew)))

MartaIg, Martha, the gingerbread is great!
The monkey is so cute!
The combination of colors on the boots looks very elegant!
What size are they?

Katerina79, thanks)) size 14 by 11 cm

MartaIghow to get such brown color from icing? Or is it melted chocolate? The gingerbread cookies are awesome! I fell in love with a monkey. How was it cut? By pattern?

yalexandrina, I have sugarflair dye it is very thick like a paste, the color is dark brown, I also mix a little ruby ​​color from the same company there, I cut out the monkey according to the printed template

MartaIg, Thank you! I only have Wilton brown. Sugarflair is there, but different colors. You need to try to buy this too. How did your cheeks turn red? Just dry paint?

yalexandrina, yeah dry, sugarflair too

MartaIg, Thank you!

[Yrochka]

Yrochka, Ira, but if it's not a secret, you can tell in detail how you make gold icing for painting for the gifted. I realized that there was a thickener, but where to put it? Whether in icing, or just to interfere with kandurin? I sit and get upset about my denseness. And then it doesn't go well with the new design. The day was not going well.

[Sl @ wall @]

Girls, I need your advice in technical terms. I do the icing for a full portion according to E. Spence's recipe. I have a big Kenwood. We need a thicker icing on roses and a regular consistency. What is the best way to do it: mix the usual icing for painting and then add more powder to the part for thickness? Or do it initially thicker separately?

Sl @ wall @, I just think to start decorating the gingerbread, but I plan to initially make a thick icing, and then dilute it with water.

so probably more correct. You're not going to twist roses from the whole portion, are you? Add powder as needed and that's it

I do it like you did in the first version)) I knead the usual one, and then I bring it to the desired density

Thank you!

Girls, thanks to all your advice, today is my debut in baking gingerbread. Thank you all very much, I got great pleasure))))) though I haven't decorated it yet, since I haven't bought the dyes yet, but Lera gave the store the link in time, so I already got used to it and billed my husband

[Vei]

Girls, I've been reading the topic for a long time and admire your talents. I'm even scared to take on gingerbread, something inaccessible. But this year I decided to make beautiful gifts for everyone. And I just can't understand one thing, I will forgive you to help.
I only once baked gingerbread and assembled a house with reindeer and sleighs (dough according to Gerda's recipe). They painted gingerbread with children, drew several doodles and were happy. And I put the house on the cake, as a result, the house became soft in the morning and everyone ate it with joy. It was delicious. That's the whole experience.
This year I baked gingerbread cookies from different doughs (4 recipes). I dried it and began to paint. I liked this technique: first make a contour, pour in the gingerbread, and then paint. I made several pieces, they dried up. Now I take a sample, having previously held it in a saucepan with a cut apple. The gingerbread itself is soft, but icing is something! Hardened - do not gnaw. (but it's not tasty).

Is that how it should be? I don’t understand this.

as it should be, this is a dried glaze, I don't like the taste in dry form either.

Vei, thank you very much! And then my panic began, my hands dropped straight. I already wanted to give up these gingerbread.

But that's still interesting. Many people bake gingerbread to order for regular customers. It means that you like hard icing if you order it again.And the kids love it.

[Lily]

and monkeys are not given to me. The husband made a bad shape. does not match the picture. I drew everything by hand. Made a bunch of mistakes while filling. But now I will know what and how. But I'm not particularly upset or cry. There is someone to give and I think people who are far from decorating gingerbread will not notice my jambs. Well, and your criticism, I will only be glad, because there is something to scold

Well, for me, so excellent and very beautiful monkeys. How to make a color like a face?

Lily, I mix. In white icing I add a different color icing brown, red, yellow

Vera, pretty monkeys! I took it to my bookmarks!

ledi, Vera, cute monkeys, cute, kind, festive! I don't see any flaws. Are the stars on the caps sprinkling?

ledi, but I liked the cute faces

Alena, here's the original! Otherwise they turned out strange for me

Are the stars on the caps sprinkling?

Thank you! Pancake. you will not wait for a pendel, they have a bunch of flaws. Ale, sprinkles on the caps

ledi, Vera, well, now it is of course visible! The fill is smoother on the original, the mouth is contrasting and the nostrils are dark. A! Another cap is hung on the other side. But I would not say that you have a bad option. Yours are more tame.

contrasting mouth and dark nostrils

Mine have nostrils too. What is the best way to paint the mouth with black or red?

[Mixing paints]

Mixing paints
the black= brown + blue + red in equal proportions
the black = brown + blue.
gray and black = blue, green, red and yellow are mixed in equal proportions, and then one or the other is added to the eye. it turns out we need more blue and red
black = mixed red, blue and brown
black = red, green and blue. You can additionally add brown.

bodily = red and yellow paint .... just a little. After kneading, if it turns yellow, then add a little red, if a little yellow paint turns pink. If the color is very saturated, it turned out to press a piece of white mastic and mix again

dark cherry = red + brown + a little blue (light blue)
strawberry = 3 parts pink + 1 hour red
Turkiz = 6 hours sky blue + 1 hour yellow
silver gray = 1h black + 1h. blue
dark red = 1h. red + some black
rust color = 8h. orange + 2h. red + 1h. brown
greenish = 9h sky blue + a little yellow
dark green = green + a little black
lavender = 5h pink + 1h. gray
flesh = slightly coppery
sea ​​= 5h. blue + 1h. green
peach = 2h. orange + 1h. dark yellow
dark pink = 2h red + 1h. brown
dark blue = 1h. blue + 1h. Gray
avocado = 4h yellow + 1h. green + slightly black
coral = 3h pink + 2h. yellow
gold = 10h. yellow + 3h. orange + 1h. red
plum = 1h. purple + some red
light green = 2h. purple + 3h. yellow
red + yellow = orange
red + ocher + white = apricot
red + green = brown
red + blue = purple
red + blue + green = black
yellow + white + green = lemon
yellow + cyan or blue = green
yellow + brown = ocher
yellow + green + white + red = tobacco
blue + green = sea wave
orange + brown = terracotta
red + whitewash = coffee with milk
brown + white + yellow = beige
light green = green + yellow, more than yellow, + white = light green
lilac = blue + red + white, more red and white, + white = light lilac
lilac = red with blue, with red predominant
Pistachio paint is obtained by mixing yellow paint with a small amount of blue

[kolobashka]

Virgin, now the snowmen began to flood.

Then I will do the drawing and toning. What do you think to draw pens? The original does not. 🔗

kolobashka, the snowman is even better than the original
I don't seem to need hands

kolobashka, Varya, on the original picture the pens seem to be unnecessary, but on the gingerbread I would still draw twigs-pens.By the way, the filling is just great!

Hands free. it is possible with hands. If you wish, make different ones. And what kind of drawing are we talking about?

[Lyra Belaqua]

Hello Gingerbread Fairies !! I'm a newbie on the site, I read all the wisdom of the gingerbread business, but still a question arose ... Tell me please, what can replace vodka when diluting dyes, when painting a gingerbread with a brush? Now there is no vodka, no medical alcohol, nothing alcoholic in general))))

Lyra Belaqua, and what dyes? Dry or gel? Try some water.

Hello! How much beauty are you showing here! just eyes run up. Inspiration for your new work! and visit our shop of gingerbread molds, maybe our forms will suggest new ideas for your creativity. 🔗 Come!

[Nehorushka]

Good evening! I really need your criticism and advice on correction!
To do it normally in the future.
This batch did not work for me from the very beginning ... apparently, I overdid it with flour, the dough was crumbling, barely rolled out ...
Then I could not cut, then I lost the template, then the dough stuck to the template ...
And finally, the bottom side also began to burn, while the middle was not baked ...
Now here's the problem with filling. I started to fill in and I can't find out in what order to fill in the elements. It turned out that the wings are closer than the hair (the hair after drying generally became "porous" in a hole). Then the eyes. I filled some with icing white, others painted on top with dye (far left). But not to like is not so wrong. Still the shoulders are crooked
In general, one disorder.

Nehorushka, Natasha, your angels are very, very good! The face came out amazing!
I don’t know what you are unhappy with.
The only negative, it seems to me, is not enough icing on the dresses. He's not exactly lying, he has nowhere to take the volume.

Nehorushka, Natasha, I agree with Katyusha, the faces are just wonderful and the very appearance of the angel is excellent, only the white dots along the contour are superfluous, a little to enrich the platish, and the hair is porous, maybe there are 2 reasons for that, or you have stratified icing, or you did not report powder, and brought to thickening by whipping.

Nehorushka, pretty little angels. Icing seems to be a little watery. The eyes are good, I don't see the difference from afar.

Katerina79, Katya, yes, there is a curve there for sure. I will fix it.
Sahara, Lera, but could he stratify because of the dye? Just all icing from one batch. And only the brown hair and the face of the monkey (which I covered with the same brown) became porous? I don't like the dots myself, it was an attempt to decorate the curved ends. But when I made them, I realized that
From the very beginning the work did not work.
Elya_lug, Elya, thanks

Nehorushka, Natasha, maybe because of the dye, or maybe because he stood with you for a long time, maybe you were the last to pour it in? Do you add water to icing and dilute dry paint? Sometimes because of this, icing can delaminate over time. Or maybe the reason is due to the bustle of lemon juice?

Sahara, no, I didn't add lemon juice this time.
Yes, she covered her hair last. (apparently stirred badly after standing)
Dye dry-diluted with water.

[Sahara]

Girls, I'll show you what I did with colored varnish. In my opinion, green does not look very good, gold is tolerable, but not so hot, still the coolest thing is traditional red with white. It turned out to be a tyap-blooper, I barely painted it, the whole family got sick, they suffer from coughing fits and do not really allow straight, confident lines. In principle, I was interested in the result - a combination of different varnishes with different icing.
Lena, blue did not dare to paint gold, although I know that golden lilies on an azure background look gorgeous.

Sahara, Lerochka, what a beauty, they are burning straight, I imagine them not on the tree, and if there are also lights, then they will be reflected in the gingerbread! And what size do you have Christmas tree decorations that are without a cut out part inside? Otherwise, I'm not going to do everything, it seems that the heavy ones will fall off the branches.

Mona1, Tanya, toys 7-9 cm.

Sahara, Ler, finally got to yours. It turned out great! You know, if the green was lighter, it would look better, I think. It's just that the greens are a bit dark. And everything else is just great! Well, a classic is a classic. A combination proven for centuries.

Lera, Wow, how many brought! Reds are prettier! But it seems to me that you had to paint pearlescent colors in one color, maybe even white. And it would look better. That is one color, not two

Sahara, Lera, what an experimenter you are !!!! Clever !!!!!!!!!! Here is a novelty for you !!! All are cool !!! I really, really like the houses !!!

Do not be ill! Get treated !!!

[ledi]

ledi, Vera, monkeys are very successful!
This is me as a person who screwed up two monkeys yesterday :)
I naively thought that it was very easy to draw them, but nothing like that! The freaks came out. I just arranged it, tomorrow I'll take a picture, I'll show it :)
Sahara, Lera, gingerbread class!
Red and white, yes, it's a classic, very beautiful!
I also really liked the gold ones, bright and unusual!
The combination of gold, red and white turned out to be very successful!

Katerina79, Katyushka, thank you for your rating!
you and I, like two night owls do not sleep - we write in the subject

Yeah
The only free time is when everyone falls asleep at home :)
kolobashka, Varvara, I really like your snowman!

[Mona1]

And I again with a monochromatic

Mona1, oh Tanya, what cool Grandfathers !!! bags and boots are also cool, but grandfathers are just awful!

And your gingerbreads are also very cool, New Year's, they look just super! And grandfathers are real frosts, but boots, boots - they were a success! I will drag away and shamelessly slag

Mona1, Tanya, what wonderful gingerbread! There are simply no words!

elena88, Sahara, Nehorushka , Helen, Lerochka, Natasha, thank you very much and you can plagiarize, all the more, it's not mine, she stole it herself.

Mona1, Tanya, very beautiful! Are the gingerbread cookies themselves varnished?

Mona1, Tanechka, beautifully beautiful !!! Volume bags straight !!! And the grandfathers are great !!!

Mona1, gingerbread cookies are monochromatic, but so beautiful! It seems that there is not a lot of icing, but it's so great! And very, very neat.

Mona1, Tanya, very beautiful! Are the gingerbread cookies themselves varnished?

Yes, something like that. yolk + brewed soooo strong coffee. Mixed, then filtered everything together through a strainer. And I have the dough - with cocoa (15g per 500g flour). By the way, girls, I used to put the usual cocoa, which we brew to drink, and now I bought a confectionery, it is darker (maybe there is a carob added there), and the dough is a little darker with this cocoa. Although, as it seemed to me, the aroma of cocoa is better in drinking. And one more thing: I took different firms of confectionery cocoa, so at the same dosage, the gingerbread cookies are slightly darker or lighter in one and in the other case. So you have to look for "your" cocoa.

Mona1, Tanya, I also noticed that the cocoa of different companies differs in color. There are probably differences in taste too ...
I like Rakhat cocoa from Kazakhstan. But this is not taken to our edges.

Mona1, Tanyusha, I also saw your gingerbread cookies, I really liked it, starting with weights and then your New Years! I did the icing, as you do with lim. acid, I like this taste better.

Ira, thanks! glad i liked icing

[Katerina79]

Katerina79, Thank you.
Sahara, yes, I dried it under the lamp. The noses are already carrots, sticking upward, therefore it is not visible, but not much.
I drew paws.

By the way, about sugar instead of powder. I made mezeshkalach with sugar. Just melt it with honey and it will be good.

kolobashka, Varya, I think pens can be drawn more boldly. The snowman already seems more alive. And if the handle is larger, it will be very good!

kolobashka, Barbara, now super !!!!

kolobashka, Barbara, the snowman with handles has become more fun, in my opinion Bright and New Year's!

kolobashka, Varya, I like both options! And as Lera suggested - in mittens - it will be interesting !!!

kolobashka, the snowman is lovely, festive. And that the nose sticks up, does not break when packing?

I like it with paws better

[Elya_lug]

Elya_lug, it’s just good that the gingerbread attracted moisture, the cake was for the anniversary of the neighbors, so the adults, and most importantly the children, ate the icing was not stone. But now I really do not like gingerbread with hard icing.

SaharaWhat gingerbread cookies with colored varnish are beautiful! For kids, just super!

Mona1, gingerbread cookies are monochromatic, but so beautiful! It seems that there is not a lot of icing, but it's so great! And very, very neat.

kolobashka, the snowman is lovely, festive. And that the nose sticks up, does not break when packing?

Girls, who knows why lemon juice is added to icing? If without juice, to make the colors brighter?

[Sahara]

Sahara, Lera, I really love these wonderful colored gingerbread! By the way, they are probably suitable for those who do not like dry glaze, for whom it is very hard. The lacquer finish is probably softer.

Mona1, Tanya, lovely gingerbread in a classic style. I like the boot and the bag the most

kolobashka, Barbara, with handles it turned out very nicely. I also drew pens for my snowmen. And I still did the legs. I think they are so much nicer


But the nose may well break off. We've got gingerbread from a Moscow bakery in our stores. So it's a pity to look at those in the bags: each bag contains a bunch of icing crumbs

harmful78, Liza, you've got such delicate daffodils! Snowmen are cute! I picked up a very beautiful blue color to white, both sets are made very carefully! Good job!
In general, I began to notice that your work has become much cooler lately!
In the set without filling, the bell does not look like itself a little, maybe it was necessary to finish drawing the pestle? Or is it a bag of gifts? I'm sorry if I said something wrong

Sahara, Lera, thanks for the compliment, Lera! All that, with the bell, I somehow did not work out. I made several color sets, but I didn't add it to any of them. I couldn’t paint and choose colors. I tried red, green, and white - and nothing. Therefore, I gave up this bad job and that's it. And where there is no filling, I didn't even remember about the pestle. Consider this. And also "Happy New Year!" I had to write. I realized late

Liza, I liked all the gingerbread! only the snowman's handles are too small, it was necessary to lengthen and bend them

Vera, and I just liked these pens. He is somehow fat and helpless at once and spider legs bent to me remind me. Brrrrrrr, I'm terribly afraid of spiders

harmful78, Lisa, the gingerbread is great!
The snowman is so fat

[Mona1]

Hello everyone.
People, will the icing fly off the laminated substrate?

If it lies but hard, then no, but if it bends a little, it will crack and fall off. That year I glued the house to the gold-silver substrate, well, I poured it around the substrate and put a fence, the substrate stood on a round cutting board, so when I brought a gift and wanted to put it on the table from the board, the fence and the edges of the fill on the substrate fell out.

Mona1, maybe try caramel, first walk on the substrate, I also plan to do it on such substrates .. and 2 cm polystyrene will be glued ... yesterday I went specially bought a thinner, usually I take 3 cm ... or 3.5 .. not I remember ..

kolobashka, for the sets I also took with a transparent lid, and completely transparent all of some size small .. here are some problems and waste

What will stick to the substrate?

ledi, yes, the house will stand on it + compositions, I just wanted to make a snowy yard, but without the bottom gingerbread, and apply icing directly to the substrate ..

People, yesterday I made it according to Gerda's recipe, 0.5 cm .. they are just oak, I don’t remember, will they become softer later?

ahh, I did it with a gingerbread base. And of course it will not stand it. by themselves will not soften

ledi, substrate 30 x 40, then I'm not ready to make such a gingerbread in the bottom

Yes, the house is too big! Now we will be scolded, for this there is a corresponding topic

[Angelina Pryanikova]

Girls, yesterday I experimented with a varnish with a secret ingredient, though I have a gel American color, really transparent, but still look gorgeous. Thank you very much for the recipe for this varnish!

I tried to pull the drawing on the bells from the snowflakes, but of course I didn't succeed.

I always add lemon juice to icing, the icing with sourness turns out, I really like it!

Angelina Pryanikova, really red turned out, very cool

Angelina Pryanikova, Alla, very beautiful red color turned out to be brilliant

Angelina Pryanikova, Alla, the fill turned out very well!

[tuskarora]

Girls, hello. Sorry for the impudence, but can you tell me how to calculate the cost of gingerbread. And then I treated my acquaintances to mummies - I treated them to gingerbread, finished off ..... They ask to do the kindergarten for NG, and I don't even know how to calculate how much it will cost. All the same, there is a lot of work, but I don't want to give it away for free either.

tuskarora, you have to calculate how much you will spend on food. you bake gingerbread, weigh it, calculate the cost per 1 kg. And then you count the cost of one gingerbread and multiply it by what you think is necessary. I do like this.

Lena, look at the local ads for what. Rate the quality of the work.
Prices in each city are different :)

tuskarora, Lena, we recently discussed, read starting from this post
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=35010.0
And then they discussed it further here
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=35010.0

Girls, many thanks to all for the answers on pricing. You helped me a lot. Soon I will come to you with gingerbread. I would only night stand the pre-exam week and day the session will hold out and it will already be easier. I'll start creating.

[harmful78]

harmful78, Liza, already typesetters, great!
Angelina Pryanikova, beauty, bright!
diveroni, beautiful composition.
Mona1, Tanya, great Santa Clauses!

[Dear girls! I have a little ad!]

Dear girls! I have a little ad!

I ask everyone to take this seriously!

Let's not forget our basic traditional rule!

We expose 1 post - 1 work, and this also means that we comment in the same way - in one post we write a comment on one work! and we answer questions the same way! I make small explanations The number of photos in your post can be as much as you like, and you need to comment on someone's work without mixing your comment with comments on the work of other girls

Please do not combine answers to all kinds of questions in one post, unless they are asked about a specific work or question - this makes it difficult for the moderator!

I hope for your understanding!

[zaman]

Here, I also decided to brag)) I bake honey dough according to Irina Khlebnikova's recipe, but I add cocoa + instant coffee instead of spices, not to flour, but mix them with butter. so the taste is rich chocolate.

that is, gingerbread without spices at all? sorry not to see the people. Have you been doing gingerbread for a long time?

zaman, I would like to consider the gingerbread which are little men, but is there another photo?

Hello girls
What beautiful New Year's gingerbread you have!
zaman, Marina, what interesting little people! More detail would be their

If you add spices, then the taste of chocolate is lost .. I add cocoa according to a simple rule - if you need color, put it in flour, and if it tastes like butter. The little people were devoured and the photo is no more. but I'll do some more. they are in the form of cossacks, only in Christmas hats

zaman, Marina, it is clear that the gingerbread cookies are cute, but the angle is such that you cannot see the details. The idea with a chocolate flavor interested me. Need to try.

[ledi]

I will show some of my own, the size of a snowman is 13 cm. Santa is 12 cm. Mittens 11 cm. Lera Sahara dough, I do not cheat on him. Already as Tanya Mona began to photograph with matches

ledi, Vera, class! So New Year's. The mittens are very beautifully made., Santa Claus is like a real one, good snowmen.

ledi, Vera, she took your gingerbread cookies to her bookmarks, all very pretty!

ledi, Vera-what cool snowmen! And Morozov's hats look like real ones!

ledi, Vera, I really like snowmen, and the mittens are just great! I'll take it to your bookmarks. Santa is also good, but I'm sorry for Santa Claus, for some reason good designs with our grandfather are rare.

Girls! Thanks for the compliments!
But I'm such a frustrated horror! Probably this year I will not make to order. A sore back makes itself felt. I can't sit for a long time. There is no longer a living place to prick and nothing helps (they prescribed 4 injections at a time). I make three gingerbread cookies. And people call, it's so insulting.And nobody canceled trips to work and homework. And I want to do what I like.

ledi, Vera, take care of yourself. Health is still more expensive than gingerbread, whatever one may say. Get medical treatment And calmness, only calmness!

Lena, thanks! Already removed the ad from the status OK. I will do a little, if possible, for myself at the Christmas tree, for friends. Lots of baked gingerbread lies. And there were even more plans!

ledi, Verun, gingerbread lovely!
It is a pity that health fails this way :(
Get well! It's okay if you miss the season on New Year's, you will catch up on St. Valentine and March 8!

[Nehorushka]

And I brought pampering again.
I would like to learn to draw beautiful patterns, no, after all, again, in some small things "negligible" pulls me.
Once I saw it on a u-tube and my sleep was gone. I want to do it!

Piece size 3X3X1.5cm
I gave my husband a "cake" for tea: lol: Let him enjoy ...

Nehorushka, the idea and execution are just superb! This is both a comic version of a cake and a non-standard serving of a gingerbread. I take a note, I want to bake Old Polish gingerbread or Katarzyna, they are just layers and with jam, make a whole one, and then cut and decorate like this.

Nehorushka, great and saw the house that dresses on the mug? already 3 probably trying to do them .. and something lazy

Nehorushka, Natasha, I'm not a big fan of small gingerbread. But the idea deserves attention

cool idea, I'll give my husband for the wedding anniversary (3.12), instead of a cake: lol: And then I already hinted that there were no cakes for a long time

Nehorushka, Natasha, the cakes are super!
Such a small one for a sweet table should be very suitable!

[Elya]

I saw an interesting adaptation. did anyone use it?

Elya, I have. I don't know, in my opinion hands are more comfortable. But I have not tried it with nozzles. It's better to draw a line of the pattern on the gingerbread without it.

Elya_lug, El, it seems to me that this is another unnecessary thing in our stocks, a friend bought this a year ago, tried it once and truncated

I think this is not convenient to use

[Elya_lug]

People, well calm me down
gingerbread according to Gerda's recipe, 0.5 cm thick, baked for 10 minutes ... well, they are oak ... can you break your teeth when they become softer?
They have been lying for 3 days already. Hands are already scratching to define them in a bucket ...
Elya_lug, El, what recipe do you use?
I do gingerbread once a year, for the New Year and every time for the first time, for the year everything is forgotten and again everything is new .. read study experiment

Irina, I have two favorites - Mezeshkalach from Liza and Gingerbread from Lera. Fragrant, soft.
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=401161.0
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=35010.0

Elya_lug, El, went to knead according to the first recipe of merci

I already answered, they will never become softer by themselves. Only if you put an apple in a bag or a container with a glass of water

ledi, so I still hoped horror .. oak oak, also double kneading ..

make houses from it. This dough works best for them.

they will soften, after 3 weeks, not earlier, the dough from Gerda is very hygroscopic, someone advised covering the gingerbread with a damp towel, they said, it works.

Tatyana, I had a decorated house for a month, we gnawed at it hard afterwards. For two weeks now there have been baked blanks, even though you should hammer nails with it

my softened, get well! I sympathize with you very much, I suffer with my back.

Irisha, last year I put the gingerbread cookies in a plastic bag with an apple. After a few days, they became soft!

I didn’t soften for 8 months, until the long rains started and it became more or less humid in the apartment. So it all depends not on the time after baking, but on the level of humidity in the house. If the house is dry, then they will never become soft))

it should be put so that the apple does not come into contact with the gingerbread. because one part can soften more, and I didn't like the smell of the apple in the gingerbread. As I understand it, Ira has not decorated them yet

still possible with orange peel, super aroma

And I really like the apple flavor

ledi, houses and made including 100 gingerbread ... fuck, I'm in shock .. I'll try with an apple, otherwise throw it away, but almost perfectly even
Kitty, izumkaI really hope
Vei, or maybe put a humidifier tomorrow I'll try this method too

Pluss, Ira, I don't understand, why are you fooling around? They tell you in chorus how easy it is to soften gingerbread cookies. And you will throw it all away and throw it away! Honey dough is very hygroscopic. Try a few gingerbreads, how much you plan to eat, put in a saucepan overnight and there either fruit or a slice of black bread. Something that has moisture. And you will be happy! Goodness should not be lost.
And in general, you cannot immediately hammer an unknown recipe in such quantities. To avoid disappointment, I divide any recipe by three. And then, if you like it, given the family's mistakes and appetites ...

Pluss, you can still put a piece of bread in the bag. the same soft gingerbread becomes.
according to Gerda's recipe, I made the batch in half a portion so that there was enough for the house. I haven't painted yet, there is no time, they lie, waiting for inspiration))))))))))

Irina, I made lenkor - ginger for the tree according to the recipe. they are not heavy and not so oak. the kids really like it. and the aroma from them in the house is just super.