1 kg flour

4 dl powdered sugar

2 tsp. baking soda

 a pinch of salt

20 dkg butter

3 whole eggs

3 dl honey

2 tbsp. cinnamon

ground cloves

To decorate

egg white

6 tbsp. powdered sugar

Preparation

Preheatoven to 160°C. Grease and flour the baking sheet. Mix the powder materials, and crumble the softened butter into the mix. Pour honey, and crack an egg into the middle, then knead it. Pour flour on the pastry board. Be careful, if the pasta is too soft, then it will flow away in the oven. Cut a small piece from the finished dough, and stretch it to be 2-3 mm thick. Cut out the shapes, put them into the baking sheet and bake them for 10 minutes. Spread sugary milk all over the gingerbread shapes, so they will be shiny after baking. The top of the pieces given as gifts can be decorated with icing.

Beat egg white with a pinch of salt, and add 6-7 tbsp. powdered sugar to the airy foam. Put the foam into a plastic bag, then cut one of its corners and decorate through this. The decoration dries in a few hours.

Store the gingerbread in metal containers, and put a slice of apple into it – the pieces will soften wonderfully.

source: dailynewshungary.com

A group of volunteers in Texas have constructed the world’s largest gingerbread house – big enough to accommodate a family of five. The 22-foot house set a Guinness World Record in the town of Bryan on Saturday, with the help of thousands of pounds of sugar and flour, almost a ton of butter and 7,200 eggs. The tasty house also features 22,304 pieces of hard candy and packs in a total of 36million calories.

Members of the A&M Texas Traditions Club built the house to raise funds for the trauma programme at nearby St Joseph Hospital. Bill Horton, general manager of the Traditions Club, told CNN: ‘I think what impresses me most is the community spirit around the record attempt. People came together for this remarkable cause and really worked hard at it.’

In its first week of opening, the tourist attraction raised $150,000 and it receives around 600 visitors a day. The gingerbread house is open to the public until December 14.

source: www.metro.co.uk

volunteer – önkéntes
gingerbread house – mézeskalács ház
to accommodate – befogadni (hány embert tud egy épület befogadni)
World Record – világrekord
candy – cukorka
member – tag
to raise funds – anyagi forrásokat előteremteni, pénzt gyűjteni
to impress – hatással van valakire
community spirit – közösségi szellem
cause – cél, ügy
tourist attraction – turistalátványosság
visitor – látogató
the public – a nagyközönség

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answers: 1-c 2-d 3-a 4-e 5-b

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