Ginger cookies
Description
To ensure the cookies delight you with their flavor, try not to over‑flour the dough. If the dough sticks heavily to your hands, dust them with flour, form a ball, also dust the bag with flour, place the dough in it and put it in the refrigerator It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the necessary ingredients.
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Step 2
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, ginger, cardamom, baking soda, and lemon zest.
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Step 3
In a separate bowl, place the room‑temperature butter and the egg.
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Step 4
Whisk. Add the honey and whisk again.
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Step 5
Combine both parts. Mix using a spoon.
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Step 6
As soon as a lump forms, stop kneading.
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Step 7
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap or a bag and place it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
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Step 8
After the time has passed, remove the dough. Pinch off a piece about the size of a walnut from the mass. Roll it into a ball, then shape it into a drop.
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Step 9
If you plan to hang the cookies on the Christmas tree, then use a juice straw to make a hole at the base of the cookie.
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Step 10
Transfer the prepared cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Bake the cookies for 10–15 minutes.
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Step 11
Cool the finished cookies on parchment.
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Step 12
Make the drawing mass: melt the chocolate with butter, stir until smooth.
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Step 13
Take the modeling clay in a paper cone. For the cookie that you plan to hang on the Christmas tree, pierce the indicated holes with the tip of a knife. They pierce without any problem. Decorate the cookie with the modeling clay in the form of a "Mouse" face.
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Step 14
Leave the cookie to let the drawing mass set. Afterwards it can be used as intended.
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Step 15
and have a great holiday!