Cookies
Description
Delicious baked goods for the whole family. If gingerbread cookie mix is available where you shop, be sure to buy and use it — it has all the flavours and aromas you need. Any cocoa powder will work; black cocoa powder will simply make your cookies taste more chocolatey. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Transfer the honey to a deep bowl and warm it slightly in the microwave or in a double boiler; add baking soda level with the measure (without a mound). Blend the honey with the soda until the mixture turns white.
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Step 3
Crack one large chicken egg into the bowl and beat until smooth and even.
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Step 4
Add sugar, ginger, and cocoa powder. Keep beating until the sugar has dissolved slightly.
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Step 5
Melt the butter in the microwave, pour it into a bowl, and stir.
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Step 6
Lastly, add sifted flour and knead the dough.
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Step 7
The ball of dough should turn out glossy, soft, and pleasant to the touch.
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Step 8
Roll the dough out between two sheets of baking paper to a thickness of 3–4 mm. Use a cookie cutter to cut out round shapes and place them on a baking sheet. If you plan to decorate the Christmas tree with reindeer, cut round holes at the top of the cookies right away for string or ribbon. Put the baking sheet in the refrigerator for 10 minutes; meanwhile, preheat the oven. Bake the cookies for exactly 10 minutes on upper and lower heat (top/bottom).
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Step 9
In the meantime, get everything ready for decorating. At first I had planned to pipe the horns with dark chocolate, but because the cocoa powder was dark and turned the cookies chocolate-colored, I switched to white chocolate so the horns would stand out better. For the eyes I used store-bought icing pieces; you can pipe them with white and dark chocolate, and for the noses—ordinary chocolate-coated candies.
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Step 10
Place the cooled cookies on a flat surface, pipe horns with melted chocolate, add a dab in the nose area, attach the eyes and candy nose, and let the chocolate set.
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Step 11
In the end you’ll have such cute Christmas reindeer like these. Wishing you a happy time with your family this holiday season!