There is not one cookie recipe more Christmas than the classic gingerbread menIn addition, and in the case of the recipe it is and the date we are in, it is great to spend a fun afternoon with the little ones in the house.
Your participation is very important in this recipe, especially when decorating cookies with frosting. It is his creative vision, which we do not have, everything must be recognized, which will make these cookies unique. So, if you are making plans for the Christmas holidays, save an afternoon to make these cookies.
Gingerbread Cookies Ingredients
- For the mass we will need 425 g of normal flour, 1 teaspoon of impeller (Royal yeast), 175 g of butter at room temperature, 100 g of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of ginger powder, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 egg, 100 g honey bees (or molasses).
- For him glazed we will need 1 egg white, 250 g of glass sugar and 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice.
How to make gingerbread cookies
In a bowl we put the sifted flour together with the spices, the impeller and the salt. We mix well. On the other hand, in another bowl, mix the butter with the sugar until you get a spongy mixture.
We add to this last mix, egg and honey. We mix well. We add the flour little by little and that the kids mix, at first with a spoon and when the flour allows it with the hands.
The dough should be like a kind of modeling clay. We wrap it in kitchen film and put it in the fridge so it cools a little and we can stretch it.
To stretch it we put portions of dough on baking paper, and stretch. Ideally, we have roller sets for children, that way it will be easier for them. In addition to leaving small portions of dough, to make it easier. We cut the dough with pasta cutters shaped like little men and put on baking sheets with baking paper or silicone.
Bake the gingerbread men at 175 ° C for about 11 minutes. Checking that they do not take much color. When taking out, we let cool on the same trays until the cookies have hardened, then we pass them to a rack so that they finish cooling and glaze.
Processing time | 1 hour Difficulty | Easy
To glaze the gingerbread cookies
We will finish the gingerbread cookie recipe Making the glaze Just mix the white, sugar and lemon. until you get a consistent dough that forms peaks. We put it in some pastry sleeves with fine nozzles and glaze. If you want to add some dye, divide the glaze into so many colors you want to put and to each division add a drop of the desired dye. You mix well and proceed in the same way.
Anyway, it is an ideal recipe, because the kids will have a great time kneading, cutting the cookies and especially frosting. In addition, to me personally, it seems great to introduce some flavors and aromas that are not usually every day in our kitchen such as ginger, clove, nutmeg or a light touch of pepper that in this case will act as a driver of the taste.
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