VIDEO: Witch house made of shortbread biscuits
The witch's house made of butter biscuits is not only very popular at Christmas time. This delicacy is also made with the children on children's birthday parties because it is so easy and even the youngest can help diligently. If this year you too Christmas or just looking for a little souvenir that also looks really great, then try this recipe for little witch houses. Invite your family to do handicrafts together in the kitchen, because together it's even faster and twice as much fun.
Preparing the icing for the witch house
The first thing you need to do is make the frosting. A frosting made from egg whites and powdered sugar is used in this recipe. It says 1 egg white per witch house, but it is more likely that you can make several houses with the finished cast. For a large number of houses, you will need more accordingly Eggs.
- Beat the egg whites in a tall mixing vessel with a hand mixer very stiffly.
- Let the powdered sugar trickle into the egg white mixture, stirring constantly. There is enough powdered sugar in it when the mixture is nice and white, shiny and firm. The frosting should no longer be able to run.
Decorating the cookies - how to build the cottage
- For each witch house you need three cookies and one domino. If you don't like dominoes, you can also use a small piece of ladyfingers. Decorate the shortbread biscuits that will become the roof, preferably before gluing them together. So the pearls, smarties, etc. enough time to dry and not slip.
- Put a dollop of frosting on the center of the shortbread that will be the bottom. The domino is glued on here. The pouring can be handled generously, because pouring pouring looks like snow after it has dried.
- When the domino is dry, coat the left and right edges of the domino, as well as the edges of the biscuit on the same sides with icing and attach the two decorated shortbread biscuits there so that you have a roof form.
- Put plenty of frosting in the groove at the top of the roof. If you put the casting in a piping bag with a fine nozzle, you can apply the "snow" on the roof even more beautifully.
- You can still do this at the front of the house gummy bear stick around, that's the witch house residents.
- Let everything dry well and wrap the small gifts in transparent foil later. Then close it nicely with a ribbon. Complete!
Baking shortbread cookies is easy. With a little practice you will find out ...
It also tastes delicious with chocolate butter biscuits. The witch's houses should be eaten relatively fresh, because shortbread cookies absorb the humidity and after a few days no longer taste crispy and fresh, but become soft. Have fun and enjoy your meal!
