Since I hade plenty of dingerbread dough left, I decided to build a gingerbread house.

First I had to cut out the different pieces I needed.

Let the pieces cool down.

The smaller pieces got a little burned, but it will have to do anyway.

I think I have all pieces now.

 

The corners must be separated from the wall.

So, all corners at separated from the walls now.

I melted sugar and used it as glue.

The first 3 sides were easy to put toghether.

It was difficult to add the last side without getting burned on the sugar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First corner piece in place.

All 4 small corners added without any problems.

 

Corner walls

 

All corners walls are added now.

  

 

The roof is put in place. The hole is for the antenna.

 

I had to add reinforcement on the roof for the heavy antenna.

 

 

 

 

 

Looking good!

I had problems with the antenna, it almost went throught the roof.

Almost ready now!

Time to decorate

I'm done with the decorations.

Portomaso Business Tower as gingerbread house

I made heart-shaped gingerbread this year

…and I still have dough left that I had to put back in the fridge.

A few years ago I made lussekatter (saffron buns). And I thought it was just as good to make a lot of lussekatter, so I almost doubled the recipe. Then I was stuck baking lussekatter for 6 hours. I was sooo tired the next day! But I think my collegues at work were happy when I served the buns at the coffee break.

So, this time I made only 3/4 of the recipe. Next time I’ll only make half!

The gingerbreads are ready!

Glögg ingredients: ginger, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.

I heated the spices in red wine and vodka

I set fire to the alcohol and poured it over the sugar, that melted down in the glögg. I had to work fast because the ladle and the stainer were both plastic and I didn't want it to melt in the heat of the fire. Then I left the spices in the glögg for an hour. Then I filtered it, heated it up again and served it with chopped almonds and raisins. It tasted really good! I also have 1 litre left in the fridge for next weekend.