{Edible Snow Globe}
Preparation time: 45 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Ingredients
- 350 g flour
- 125 g butter, cold and diced
- 100 g treacle
- 1 tbs mixed spice
- 1/2 tbs ground ginger
- 100 g sugar
- 1 egg (medium size)
- 200 g icing sugar
- 1 egg white
- flaked coconut or icing sugar
- glass bubble bowls
Gingerbread cookie recipe:
Royal icing:
Decoration:
Directions
- Let’s start preparing cookie dough. In a medium mixing-bowl, mix together all ingredientes
to form a ball. - Divide the dough in two, and gather each portion into a slightly flattened ball.
- Working with one ball of dough at a time, roll it out between two baking papers to a thickness of maximum 0,5 cm.
- Use a small, sharp knife to cut around a house template. Remove trimmings and lift the gingerbread, on its parchment, onto baking trays.
- Place cookies on the fridge whilst preheating oven to 350º F (180 º C)
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes (aprox) until brown on the edges. Let them cool on a wire rack
- Prepare Royal icing. Beat sugar and egg white until you have a stiff icing. Spoon into a piping bag. Arrange the wall biscuits as you are going to assemble them, then pipe icing along the side edges and stick the walls together. Once dry, stick on the roofs, (you may need to hold the biscuits on firmly for a few seconds until the icing starts to set) Let dry completely
- Then you just have to decorate your dessert, cupcake or cake. Finish your dessert with whipped cream, flaked coconut or icing sugar to create a “snowy” effect. Place gingerbread mini house on top, and sprinkle some more flaked coconut or icing sugar over the roof. Carefully invert bubble bowl on top, and finish with some more icing sugar on top.
NOTES:
- Cookies can be prepared weeks in advance, and stored in an airtight container
- My dessert this time was an easy chocolate pudding, made with 200 g heavy cream, 4 tbs sugar, and 200 g dark chocolate. Bring cream and sugar to boil, remove from heat, and add chopped chocolate. Let sit for a few minutes, and then stirr until smooth. Divide into 4 ramequins and chill for 24 hours. Serve with whipped cream on top.
- This recipe was inspired by this idea from Martha Stewart
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- Merry Xmas!
What a brilliant idea!!! Perfect for a Christmas dinner party! Going to give it a go.
I love your blog !
Susy
Oh wow, what a wonderful idea! I love serving up little puddings in ramekins, but how magical to make a Christmassy miniature that is edible! I don’t think I will be doing something like this for too many people, but my sister’s birthday follows Christmas, I think she would be charmed by this idea 🙂 And what a great way to try out a gingerbread recipe, especially making a gingerbread house (something I would like to do, but never have done). You say cookies can be prepared well in advance, may I ask if they freeze well after having been made?
Thanks for this great idea! LOVE it 🙂
This is such a cute idea! I love it!
oh my god.
so so cute.
i love it!
I have never tried freezing them, sorry… But I have kept them for weeks inside an airtight container 🙂
Thank you all 🙂 Have a nice day!
I don’t understand how this is edible? You use plastic!
It is edible beacause you can eat what is inside: the house (gingerbread cookie), the “snow” (icing sugar and whipping cream), the “earth” (chocolate pudding). If you want to prepare an edible bubble cover, use isomalt as explained in this post (in Spanish, you might use google translator) http://www.mensajeenunagalleta.com/web/2012/11/como-hacer-una-bola-de-nieve-completamente-comestible/
and in fact, I used a glass bubble bowl
you are amazing!!!!!! God bless you
Cute recipe but the title “Edible Snow Globe” is misleading. I thought it was going to be instructions to make the globe portion edible.
the snow globe looks cool great idea.
i went to the hyperlink that you have the one in Spanish, do you know if there is a video somewhere on how to do it, or if you can translate it for us.
keep up the great work.
your presentation of recipes is very superb plz for more understanding post your recipes with step by step images
I love these and would like to feature them in my top 12 pins for Christmas if that is ok with you. I will of course link back to you.
What a wonderful idea! So charming!
SOOOO this is amazing. I am SO making them! I keep going ‘ohhhhh mygosh!!’ haha.. I love ginger bread and christmas so I’m melting of cuteness over here. Lovely recipe, thanks for sharing! Bec x
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These are AMAZING! I will definitely be trying these out this christmas. How did you know what size ramkins and glass bowls to use as I’m currently looking at purchasing some?
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
hey! I liked your recipe, but I would like to know what do you mean with spice? Specifically which spice do you use?
I´m from Perú so I´ve translated the whole recipe and I would like you to answer so I can make this cookies for my babies.
Waiting for your answer 🙂
Such a great idea. I am so going to do this as Christmas dessert!! Thanks