Gingerbread House

(Completely forgot to upload this post! but better late than never ;)

 

During the festive season, there are a lot of things I love to do to make me feel Christmassy!

 

One of them, is to make a gingerbread house from scratch. (It always ends up messy, but making it stand up on it's own this year was a first!)

  

 

 

I start off by making the gingerbread, which I do by using the same recipe as I did for my Halloween Biscuits.When it comes to shaping the dough, I roll it out pretty thin - about 5mm , and use a template from the internet. This Year I Used one from the Tesco Website, which you can find here. I then baked all the sides of the house in the oven for about 20 minutes at 190°. After they had cooled, I decorated them with chocolate buttons and little coloured sweets (which ended up falling off the door of the house, as I managed to drop it on the floor :( ), and I then stuck them together with icing.

 

Hope you enjoyed this post!

 

♥

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies

In my last blog post I mentioned my most recent favourite recipe, chocolate chip cookie dough brownies! So here it is...

 

  

 

(They taste better than they look ;) Promise!)


For the brownie:
175g (16oz)  Margarine
350g (12oz) Caster sugar
3 eggs
100g (4oz) plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
70g (3oz) cocoa powder
an oblong tin, roughly 20cm x 30cm

1) Heat your oven to 180°C, 350°F, Gas mark 4. and grease the tin.
2) Melt the margarine and mix in the sugar.
3) Beat the eggs and add them to the mixture, along with the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. Stir until everything is mixed well.
4) Pour the mixture into the tin and smooth with the back of a spoon. Bake for about 40 minutes


For the cookie dough:
150g Margarine
150g Caster sugar
300g flour (any type you like)
splash of milk
as many chocolate chips as you want!

1) Melt the margarine and mix it with the sugar
2) mix in the chocolate chips and flour, and add tablespoons of milk until the mixture turns to a soft dough.
3) After the brownie has cooled, spread the cookie dough mixture onto the brownie, and wolah!

Hope you enjoy!

 ♥