Gingerbread lights
Ingredients
Gingerbread dough
200 g butter
200 g Dansukker Granulated Sugar
280 g Dansukker Light Syrup
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate
2 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Approx. 480 g plain flour
Assembly
270 g melted Dansukker Granulated Sugar
Icing for decoration
1 egg white
2 ml vinegar
240 g Dansukker Icing Sugar
Instructions
Melt the butter together with the sugar and syrup. Stir until the mixture cools down. Add the egg.
Dissolve the bicarbonate in a little water and mix in the spices.
Add the flour and work into a dough. Leave to rest overnight.
Set the oven to 175 °C. Remove the dough from the fridge a little while before rolling out.
Roll out the dough until about 3 mm thick on a baking parchment. Cut out to the desired shape and remove any superfluous dough.
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Bake in the centre of the oven for 5-7 minutes. If necessary, straighten the edges and allow to cool.
Melt the sugar in a saucepan on the hob and assemble the lights/small houses. Take care as it is easy to burn yourself. Leave to set.
Meanwhile make the icing for the decoration. Using an electric whisk beat all the ingredients into a thick mixture. Pour into a piping bag and decorate.
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