Gingerbread Cookies for Icing Decoration
Description
The recipe won’t take much time. Who would turn down a colorful homemade gingerbread with hot coffee or tea? It’s not only delicious but also wonderfully fragrant, made with love. Start a New Year’s or Christmas family tradition by baking and decorating these wonderful desserts together.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients listed.
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Step 2
Place the spices, aromatics, cocoa, floral honey, sugar, salt, and butter in a kazan or a saucepan with a non-stick bottom. Add the baking powder and put the pot on the stove, using medium heat.
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Step 3
Wait for foam to form, stirring it with a whisk, and reduce the heat to moderate. Simmer the kazan with its contents over the fire until the foam takes on a honey colour. After that, turn off the heat.
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Step 4
Beat the chicken egg and pour it into the slightly cooled honey mixture; stir immediately so it does not curdle.
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Step 5
Add the wheat flour and knead the dough. Shape it into a ball and cover with plastic wrap; let it “rest” for about 20–30 minutes in the refrigerator.
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Step 6
Then roll out the dough on the work surface into a sheet at least 0.5 cm thick. Ideally — 1 cm. Cut gingerbread blanks out of the dough with a plunger cutter (cookie cutter).
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Step 7
Bake the gingerbread in the oven at 180 degrees for about 5–7 minutes; the main thing is not to overbake them, or they won’t be crumbly. Remove the baked goods and let them cool.
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Step 8
Beat chilled egg white to a stiff foam for about 2–3 minutes, but do not overbeat or it will break down. Add 150 grams of powdered sugar to a bowl and mix thoroughly. The mixture will be thick but not stiff—that is correct. Spoon it into a piping bag.
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Step 9
Cut a small tip off the piping bag and outline all the gingerbread shapes with sugar icing.
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Step 10
The remaining decorations are up to you. By the way, you can involve the children in decorating the baked goods—they will be absolutely delighted!
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Step 11
Leave the finished gingerbread overnight at room temperature so the icing sets; then you can pack the treats or enjoy them with tea or coffee at breakfast.