Dr. Oetker used in this recipe

Work should start with making templates for the house. I chose a simple option: two lateral parts of the house, two front (front part with window and door opening, rear Windows), the two identical parts of the roof and the Foundation on which to stand the house. Made them out of parchment paper for baking together with them to carry items on a tray without deforming the product.

For the dough, half the norm of flour mixed with pounded spices, including cinnamon (Dr. Oetker), pour heated to 70 degrees honey and mix quickly with a wooden spatula to avoid lumps. Add softened butter and mix again. The dough to cool to room temperature and add the eggs, the second part of the flour with the baking powder (Dr. Oetker), cocoa (I did not add it) and knead well.

The finished dough should be pliable, not to sticky and easy to form. The amount of flour can vary depending on the density of honey, value of eggs and the characteristics of the flour.

The dough should be cut immediately so that it is not delayed and not to spoil the taste of the finished product. For cutting it is rolled out into a smooth layer with a thickness of 5-7 mm. Then lay it on the prepared template and cut out details. Transfer on a baking sheet laying the paper down. You can cut directly on a Teflon Mat and bake at once on it, to avoid deformation of the parts.

Bake parts of the house for 10-15 minutes at 180 degrees.

Windows can be made of crushed caramel. Remove the pan from the oven for 2-3 minutes before end of baking parts of the house, to fill the holes for the Windows and sprinkles and return to baking sheet back in the oven. The caramel will melt and fill the window.

While baked products, quickly make a varnish to cover the cakes. Stir the egg yolk with milk. Apply varnish with a brush on hot gingerbread right after the oven. If the parts house has deformed a bit in the baking process, you can cut them from the pattern while still hot or correct all irregularities with a float, when cool. The finished product must be completely cool on a flat surface.

The next step is to build the house. Glue the house best caramel frosting. To do this, mix the sugar and water into a container, which will cook the caramel. I did in a frying pan, right back to load the joints of the parts to be glued. First, bring the syrup to a boil, then lower the fire and cook until light brown in color and viscosity. Apply caramel and brush. We should proceed carefully (the caramel is hot) and quickly, because it hardens quickly (because of this and the photos didn't). Assembled house left to dry until the next day.

The final stage is the decoration of the house. Picked up the decor (topping Dr. Oetker) and made the icing. For a protein icing to drain, beat with a fork (there's no bubbles) and gradually add powdered sugar, mixing each portion with the protein at the end of the mixing add the vanilla sugar and citric acid (I have a Dr. Oetker both ingredients). This thick icing for painting and decorations. And to fill it can be made more liquid by adding a little cold water. To put it whether using a pastry syringe or a plastic bag. In addition, they will help keep the frosting from drying out. Decor stuck on the icing.