You will need:
140 grams unsalted butter, diced
100 g of sugar
1 egg
1 tsp soda
100 ml of light treacle (golden syrup)
1 h l of ground cardamom seeds (you need to grind seeds from two pods in a mortar)
1 h l of ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
450 gr of simple flour
For glaze:
400 g of powdered sugar, sifted
2 egg whites
2 ts lemon juice
For decoration:
4-5 orange or yellow candy-icicles, crushed by rolling pin
3 packs of Smarties (colored chocolates)
400 g marshmallows or marshmallows
Cooking method:
- Beat the butter and sugar thoroughly with a mixer;
-Bring the egg and sugar residues until the foam;
-In the egg mixture add soda, molasses, oil and mix well;
-For flavor, add the spices and zest, form the dough into a soft bowl and set aside in the refrigerator for an hour;
-Cut out templates from the parchment and paper, warm up the oven;
-Prepare 4 trays, the bottom of which is laid with parchment;
- From small pieces of dough, roll out the walls of future houses, doors, windows, other parts, then gently transfer them to the baking tray.
- From the remains of the test, you can make little men and an oval stand on which it will stand;
-Bake each batch of cookies for 8 minutes, until the dough turns brown. In order for the products to be even, you can cut their edges according to the patterns;
- To then glue the details of the house, mix egg white, lemon juice and powdered sugar;
-Making the edges of the products, unite them;
-Color the house with colored glaze, dragees, candy.