Gingerbread House with 'Glass' Windows (and Light)

Did you start preparation for Christmas? Have some fun and make a Gingerbread house, then let your children (or child in you) decorate it!

You will need:
Recipe for gingerbread dough
Boiled lollies (for glass windows)
other lollies for decoration
Food colour (optional)
Cake board
(tea candle; if you want light inside your house)

Method:
1. Prepare paper template (mark windows and doors)
12 x 19 cm - 2 times, 
10,5 x 16 cm - 2 times 
16 x 18 - 2 times (you'll need to cut upper corners of those rectangles, so they support roof - see picture
2. Transfer templates onto roll-out dough (cut out windows and doors)
3. Place onto baking sheet (lined with baking paper); fill widows with crushed boiled lollies. Bake
4. Trim 'house sides' while hot (if necessary); cool
5. Glue house sides together (egg white and icing sugar / thick paste) placing pieces on cake board, supporting them with cans
(Don't forget to cut out hole for tea candle on the board, if you want light in your house. In that case, make a chimney for heat / smoke escape)
6. Decorate when sturdy (leave 2-3 hours to dry or overnight)
7. Let it snow over your house (dust with icing sugar)

Gingerbread Kucica sa 'staklenim' prozorima (i svjetlom)

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Potrebno:

Recept za Gingerbread tijesto 

Secerne bombone (tvrde bez punjenja, za prozore)

Razne slatkise i bombonice, za dekoraciju

Kartonski podlozak za kolace / torte

Prehrambena boja (opciono)

Male 'cajne' svijece (ako zelite svjetlo u kucici)

Postupak:

1. Pripremite papirne modele (oznacite prozore i vrata)
12 x 19 cm - 2 puta
10,5 x 16 cm - 2 puta
16 x 18 - 2 puta (ove cete morati nakoso zasjeci, tako da krov nalegne - vidi foto)
2. Prenesite model na tijesto; zasijecite dijelove
3. Postavite na papir za pecenje (na tepsiji), ispunite prozore sa lomljenim bombonama. Ispecite
4. Ako je neophodno, ispravite dijelove poslije pecenja, dok su vruci; ohladite
5. 'Zalijepite' stranice kuce (bjelance i secer u prahu -gusta masa); podrzite ih konzervama na podlosku za torte (ne zaboravite izrezati otvor za cajnu svijecu na podlosku, ako zelite svjetlo u kucici. U tom slucaju napravite dimnjak kako bi vrelina / dim izlazili vani))
6. Dekorisite kad je dovoljno cvrsta (susiti 2-3 sata ili preko noci)
7. Zasnijezite kucicu (sa secerom u prahu)!