Description
Crispy and fragrant almond cookies covered with Royal icing (Royal icing) and decorated in a fabulous Christmas village! A real gift for New year and Christmas, which will please not only children but also adults! Invite all to the feast!
Ingredients
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Butter
300 g
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Brown sugar
300 g
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Milk
90 g
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Flour
570 g
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Leavening agent
10 g
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Almonds
150 g
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Salt
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Cinnamon
1.5 tsp
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Vanilla sugar
8 g
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Ginger
1.5 tsp
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Nutmeg
0.5 tsp
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Cardamom
0.5 tsp
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Egg white
75 g
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Powdered sugar
450 g
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Lemon juice
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Water
2 Tbsp
Cooking
From construction paper to cut out patterns for the houses and figures of people. To prepare suitable cutters for Windows and doors (if not, you can cut test with a sharp knife) the Case from a normal ball point pen I used for cutting small round holes.
Dough: Measure out all the spices.
Sift flour with baking powder.
Soft butter vzbit with sugar, add the almonds and stir.
Add all the spices and pour the milk, mix well.
Add the flour in three stages, stirring well each time. PS I gave the exact weight of flour to the gram, BUT!!! Consider the density of flour during kneading, because in all regions it is different!
Ready, dont stick to hands dough roll into a bun.
Divide the dough into 2 parts - 70% and 30%.
The dough is wonderful to work with and absolutely does not stick to hands, but as we roll out thinly, it is best to do it on baking paper. So, use a smaller part of the dough: Roll out smaller piece of dough to thickness of 0.5 cm and cut out a rectangle 20х27 see This will be the base for our village.
From scraps to cut out a rectangular triangles that stand for the houses. You know, like the picture frames.
Using patterns to cut out 3 large and 4 small house. PS just in case I cut one spare (each!) details. (breaking, and suddenly fit more?)
Use forms to cut down the window (for larger houses) and doors. Make holes in the attic. You can dream up and make houses, trees and figurines according to your taste. PS to Carry small figurines on a baking sheet handy with a spatula.
Place the sheet with cookies on a baking sheet...
... bake in pre-heated to 165"C oven for 20-25 minutes until Golden brown. Be guided by your oven! PS if the bottom of the figures, houses and triangles for fixing homes came out not quite smooth, smack them with a grater. Cookies must be completely cooled and hardened! From the remnants of the dough I baked cookies.
Royal icing (Royal icing): Chilled whites, icing sugar and lemon juice beat with a mixer the cream on the lowest speed. Whisk for 10 minutes.
The cream turns thick and viscous. Put aside 3 tbsp I put in a cooking bag for the cream and sent to the refrigerator on the bottom shelf. This will be our "glue" or "cement" which we will record the details and figures. PS For the icing I advise you to use proteins to environment or home egg.
In the rest of the cream add water and beat again. It turns out elastic, shiny glaze, which stretches. As needed, add a few drops of water.
Decoration and Assembly: Place 1/3 of the frosting in two culinary bag cream with the tips of the smallest diameter (one slightly larger). The smallest will to paint figures in the more to put the snow on the roof and sills of the Windows.
Place the base of the village on a tray or dish. Cover remaining frosting and give a little to dry. Painting figures and houses, to give glaze to dry. On the edge of the triangle forming a right angle to apply "adhesive cement".
Stick to the house from the back side.
Animation stand is not needed, because they are not as big and heavy. Just from the rear side to push the slide "adhesive cement"
To give glaze to harden for 24 hours. The gift is ready! PS make Sure to attract to the process of cooking and assembling her husband's children, instructing them easy work and you will see happy and joyful eyes smeared with frosting faces!!!
The Christmas village!
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