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A small stable house made of spiced biscuit, assembled with a thick icing. Six flat panels, visible joints and a few white dots are enough.
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A small stable house made of spiced biscuit, assembled with a thick icing. Six flat panels, visible joints and a few white dots are enough.
Prepare the ingredients before starting and leave enough room to cool the batches. The times indicated are benchmarks: the edge, underside and texture of the cookie count more than an exact minute. The recipe is proposed for the family kitchen.
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The preparation step by step
Prepare the bosses
Prints the pattern to 100%, full size, with no page adjustments. Check that the control square measures 2 cm. Cut two 10 cm wide facades: rectangle of 10 x 7 cm topped by a triangular pinion of 3 cm high. Prepare two sides of 8 x 7 cm and two roof panels of 12 x 6.5 cm.
Melt gently
Put 50 g of butter, 60 g of honey and 50 g of brown sugar in a saucepan. Heat on low while stirring, just until melted butter. Remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes; mix should be warm, not hot, before egg.
Gathered the dry ingredients
Mix 200 g of flour with 3 g of cinnamon, 1.5 g of ginger, 1 g of bicarbonate and salt. Break the egg in a bowl, beat it and weigh 25 g.
Form a firm paste
Pour the warm honey-butter mixture and 25 g of egg over the dry ingredients. Mix with the spatula and then gather by hand. Flatten the dough, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. It must be cut without stretching.
Spread and cuts panels
Preheat the oven to 170 °C. 5 mm between two sheets of baking paper. Lay the patterns on the dough and knife the six panels, without cutting through doors or windows. Keep the facades of the same size and recovers the offcuts for separate biscuits.
Cuis then equalizes
Cook the panels on cold plates covered with paper, about 12 to 16 minutes per plate. The edges should be firm and golden. As soon as the exit, rests the patterns near the parts and very slightly evens a swollen edge with the knife, without lifting the hot panel. Plan two batches of panels. Then spread the drops to 5 mm, cut small cookies and cook them separately 10 to 12 minutes at 170 ° C: count up to 44 minutes for the whole.
Let the panels harden
Let the panels cool for 10 minutes on the plates and then 50 minutes on the wire rack. They must be completely cold and rigid before mounting. Do not try to build with a still lukewarm or flexible panel.
Prepare edible glue
Mix 30 g pasteurized white, 200 g of icing sugar and 3 g of lemon juice at low speed for 2 minutes. The icing must stand in crest. Put half of it in a piping bag cut to 4 mm and cover the rest on contact.
Assemble the four walls
On a rigid platter, place a thick icing cord on the walls and on their edges. Place a facade, both sides and then the second facade. Keepers with small clean cups placed around, never locked in the house. Leave to harden for 1 hour without touching.
Lay the roof
Pipe of the icing on the gables and upper edges of the walls. Lay both panels of the roof, with a slight overhang. Gently hold for a few minutes and add a cord on the junction at the top. Allow for another 2 hours; remove cups only when the walls are standing alone.
Draw the openings
With the remaining icing, trace a door and two windows on the full facades, then some points at the edge of the roof. No fragile cutting or heavy candy is necessary. Let it dry for at least 3 hours before moving the house.
Served in pieces
Presents the house on its plateau; it is not made to be suspended or transported by taking it by the roof. To serve, take off a pan and break the panels into pieces. Keep cooked offcuts in a separate box.
Conservation. Keep the house dry in a cool room, under a large protective box, and consume it within 3 days. The white of the icing must be pasteurized. A house exposed for several days to dust serves as a decor and should no longer be presented as a freshly prepared cookie.
Recipe proposal with quantities and step by step. Times vary depending on the material: follow also the markers of texture and cooking.
The benchmarks for success
One plate, one thickness
Group pieces of comparable size on the same plate. Keep the second baking tray cold: a paste placed on hot metal would melt before cooking.
The dough becomes sticky
Put it back in the fridge for 10 minutes instead of adding large amounts of flour. Repeat the display between two sheets of baking paper.
Questions Before You Start
Does this pattern match the IKEA kit?
Nope. The above dimensions correspond to this home made home. The VINTERSAGA kit is composed of its own pieces: follow its plan and instructions, then adapt only the decor. This sheet does not purport to reproduce the product.
Why not open the windows?
Full facades are stronger and simpler to start with. The windows are drawn to the icing after taking the roof.
Why does the montage slip?
The panels may still be lukewarm or the icing too liquid. Stop, let cool and thicken a small portion of icing with icing sugar before resuming. Respect the time taken to take the walls before the roof.
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Baking tips for this recipe
- Preheat the oven according to the plug and prepare the mold before mixing the last ingredients.
- Uses the dimensions and cooking mode indicated: a higher or wider mold changes the cooking of the center.
- Follow the visual cues of step by step in addition to the duration. Respect the intended cooling before unmoulding or decorating.
Substitutions and variations
You can choose a sweeter or more full-bodied honey, keeping the indicated amount. Replacing honey with dry sugar, on the other hand, requires a review of the recipe.
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