Gingerbread cookies with icing
Description
Homemade baked treats for tea. These gingerbread cookies turn out very aromatic, as the dough contains a generous amount of spices. To make the glaze set faster, you can place the cookies in the refrigerator. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Sift the premium flour several times into a large bowl. Add sugar, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and thoroughly mix the dry ingredients.
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Step 2
Chop the cold butter into small cubes with a knife. Add it to the flour mixture in a bowl and work everything together with your hands until it turns into crumbs.
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Step 3
Add liquid honey to a bowl, crack in a raw chicken egg, and pour in a tablespoon of cold drinking water.
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Step 4
Knead a smooth, elastic dough, wrap it in plastic wrap, and let it rest for half an hour.
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Step 5
Then remove the film from the dough, roll it out into a 4-5 mm thick layer, dusting the work surface with flour. Using cookie cutters, cut star shapes out of the dough.
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Step 6
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, place the stars on it. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees and bake the gingerbread for 12 minutes. Then, once cooled, cover the stars with icing made from beaten egg white and sugar.