Tools

• Kitchen Machines: Stand mixers, or hand blenders
• Accessories and Attachments: K beater

Ingredients

Biscuits:

260g Flour
100g Sugar ( Love Dark Brown!)
1 Medium Egg
70g Butter
2-3cm piece of fresh Ginger Root
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
3 Tablespoons cacao powder ( Optional, for darker colour!)
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
5 cloves ( crushed)

Icing:

150g icing sugar
1 egg white
a few drops of lemon juice

Method

Biscuits:

1. Whip together egg, sugar and butter.
2. Add ginger. Mix dry ingredients and fold them into the butter mixture.
3. Roll the dough thin 3-5mm and cut favourite shapes.
4. Bake for 8 min at 180C. 

Icing:

1. Whip the icing sugar with egg white on fast for 7-8 min until it thickens
2. Add a few drops of lemon (orcitric acid).
3. Can be piped unto cooled biscuits, used to build the gingerbread house. Can be coloured with food colouring.

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