Witch House from Black Forest

Summary

Ingredients

• 450 g honey
• 250 grams sugar
• 100 g butter
• 2 egg (s)
• 1 pinch (s) salt
• 1 packet aroma (Orange-Back), alternatively orange peel
• 1 packet aroma (Citro-Back), alternatively lemon peel
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ clove (s), ground
• 1 kg flour
• 2 packs baking powder

For the cast:

• 250 g powdered suar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 egg white

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Instructions

1. Melt the honey with the sugar and the butter in a saucepan, stirring constantly, until a smooth mass is formed. Remove the honey mixture from the stove and let it cool down. In the meantime, weigh the flour and mix it with the rest of the ingredients, except for the eggs.
2. Mix the lukewarm honey mixture with the eggs and flour and then knead into a smooth dough.
3. Now make the stencils for the house using a cardboard stencil. The side walls and the roof need a rectangle measuring 22 cm x 11 cm. For the gable walls, cut a floor length of 13 cm x 11.5 cm (rectangle) and the roof length 10 cm from cardboard.
4. Roll out the dough on a floured baking board and place the templates on top. Cut out with a knife. Cut out four rectangles of 5 cm x 3 cm each for the fireplace (can also be used for the window and door). Depending on the window, I still make shutters. I cut the window parts in half and put half an almond on top. The shutters are then placed on the left and right of the windows and baked with them. Brush the parts of the house with milk.
5. Bake the whole thing in a preheated oven at 175 ° C for about 15 minutes.
6. Let the parts cool down on a cake rack.
7. Beat an egg white until stiff and add 250 g of powdered sugar. Finally stir in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. With this cast from the individual parts, carefully glue the house together.
8. Tip: To decorate the house, I use twice the amount of ingredients for the casting that I use to glue the house together.