Gingerbread tree — Megaptera to the delight of the children and their parents. And decoration, and a treat!

New year very soon, it's a holiday of surprises and gifts! Elegant tree of fragrant gingerbread is an unexpected and original gift, it will be a symbol of the coming year.





You can easily make a gingerbread tree with your own hands, using the instructions from "Site". Magic spicy aroma of baking will charge your house with a festive mood long before the holiday!





Gingerbread Alcala the manufacture of Christmas trees need special cookie cutters in the shape of stars of different sizes. If there are none, forms can be cut on cardboard templates: 5 hexagonal stars of various sizes, the largest diameter is 8 inches.

Just need 5 pair of stars — two of the same size, that is, one tree consists of 10 stars.





The number of the test designed for the manufacture of 2 gingerbread Christmas trees, and the rest you can just bake delicious crunchy cookies!





To prepare glaze protein for security purposes, it is better to use quail eggs. To fit the melted white chocolate, and various jelly beans and sugar sprinkling.





Ingredients for the dough

• 3,5 tbsp. flour (0,5 article will go to powder for rolling dough)
• 3/4 tbsp. sugar
• 0,5 tbsp. honey
• 50 g butter
• 2 eggs
• 0.5 tsp. soda
• 0.5 tsp. of crushed spices (cinnamon, cardamom, ginger)
• 1/4 Cup water
• 1 quail egg (yolk)

The ingredients for the glaze

• 1 quail egg (protein)
• 4 tbsp powdered sugar

Cooking

1. The flour sifter out. Honey, sugar, oil and water put in a saucepan and heat up to 70-75 degrees, stirring constantly.
2. In the heated mixture a mound half of the prepared flour and add spices. Immediately the mass is well mixed, otherwise lumps are formed. The mass to cool to room temperature, add eggs, quail egg yolk, baking powder, remaining flour and vimesy soft dough. Wrap it in cling film and leave for 30 minutes.
3. Rested the dough roll out on floured surface to a thickness of 0.7 cm, the thinner the dough, the harder and drier it will gingerbread.
   
   
   
4. Use prepared stencils or shapes for biscuits of different sizes, to cut cookie-stars.
5. Lay out cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment, and bake about 8 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees. Baking time depends on oven, but try not to overdo products, not to overdry.
   
   
   
6. The finished cookies cool and decorate with icing protein (blend protein quail eggs with powdered sugar). When the icing is completely dry and no longer stick, get to the Assembly tree.
   
   
   
7. On the biggest stars put billets of smaller diameter, and fastened them with the remaining glaze. Place the figures so that the rays of the star of the upper tier coincides with the lower rays of the star. Leave the product to dry to a glaze securely bonded star. Ready!

Ready Christmas trees can pack them and leave to wait in the wings, because gingerbread can be stored for a long time. A delicious and unexpected gift!

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The author

Marina Artemova Loves to photograph the beauty of nature, enjoys handmade. Son Vanya had taught the mother to cope with any household tasks effortlessly: Marina knows how to get the most stubborn stains and to clean the house in minutes. Interested in the most acute, various life issues, never remain aloof from what actually matters! Favorite book Marina — "gone with the wind" by M. Mitchell.