Gingerbread Cookies with Spices
Baking and Desserts | Austrian cuisine
⏳ Time
55 minutes
🥕 Ingredients
12
🍽️ Servings
12
Description
Food colorings are used for color. Store in a tightly closed container.
Ingredients
- Wheat Flour - 2½ cups
- Honey - 0 oz
- Butter - 6 tablespoons
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Egg white - 1 piece
- Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
- Salt - 0 oz
- Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
- Grated Ginger Root - 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom - a pinch
- Ground clove - 1 teaspoon
- Nutmeg - a pinch
Step by Step guide
Step 1
In a saucepan, melt the butter, add honey, sugar, and spices.
Step 2
Pour the mixture into a large bowl and let it cool, then add the beaten egg and mix well.
Step 3
Sift the flour together with the baking powder and soda. Gradually add the flour mixture to the honey-egg mixture while stirring continuously. Knead well, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Step 4
Roll out the chilled dough to a thickness of a couple of mm and cut out desired shapes, placing them on a baking sheet lined with paper. Bake at 345°F for 4–5 minutes until browned. Let cool on the baking sheet.
Step 5
Decorate with icing: beaten egg white + powdered sugar + lemon juice.
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