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Gingerbread Men

Cooking time: 50 minutes
Servings: 20

Shaped cookies are delightful to make and taste wonderfully festive with strong Christmas spices. The gingerbread dough is easier to work with the colder it is. Therefore, it's a good idea to make it the day before you need it. If necessary, you can place it in the freezer for a couple of hours and then cut out the cookies. The cookies are topped with a delicious icing that is easy to pipe due to its good thick consistency.

Gingerbread Men

Ingredients

  • Dough
  • 110 g brown sugar
  • 85 g butter
  • 90 g syrup
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 250 g flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cardamom
  • 1 tsp cloves
  • 2 tsp ginger
  • 1½ tsp allspice
  • 1½ tsp cinnamon
  • Icing
  • 2 egg whites
  • 300 g powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Dough
  2. Beat brown sugar and butter
  3. Add syrup, egg, and water, and mix well
  4. Stir in the remaining ingredients until the dough is uniform
  5. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate, preferably overnight
  6. Once the dough is well chilled, roll it out on a floured countertop
  7. Cut out the desired shapes, try using Christmas cookie cutters
  8. Bake the cookies at 180°C (conventional oven) for 10–12 minutes
  9. Decoration
  10. Beat egg whites and powdered sugar, adjust the proportions if the icing is too thick or thin
  11. Pipe the icing onto the cooled gingerbread cookies, for example, with color or sprinkles

Gingerbread Men

Cake and sweetsSeasonal & Festive
Gingerbread Men

Shaped cookies are delightful to make and taste wonderfully festive with strong Christmas spices. The gingerbread dough is easier to work with the colder it is. Therefore, it's a good idea to make it the day before you need it. If necessary, you can place it in the freezer for a couple of hours and then cut out the cookies. The cookies are topped with a delicious icing that is easy to pipe due to its good thick consistency.

Posted on 12/12/2024

Servings

20

Total time

50 minutes

Servings

20

Total time

50 minutes

Ingredients

Dough

•
110 g brown sugar
•
85 g butter
•
90 g syrup
•
1 egg
•
1 tbsp water
•
250 g flour
•
1 tsp baking powder
•
1 tsp cardamom
•
1 tsp cloves
•
2 tsp ginger
•
1½ tsp allspice
•
1½ tsp cinnamon

Icing

•
2 egg whites
•
300 g powdered sugar

Instructions

Dough

1

Beat brown sugar and butter

2

Add syrup, egg, and water, and mix well

3

Stir in the remaining ingredients until the dough is uniform

4

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate, preferably overnight

5

Once the dough is well chilled, roll it out on a floured countertop

6

Cut out the desired shapes, try using Christmas cookie cutters

7

Bake the cookies at 180°C (conventional oven) for 10–12 minutes

Decoration

1

Beat egg whites and powdered sugar, adjust the proportions if the icing is too thick or thin

2

Pipe the icing onto the cooled gingerbread cookies, for example, with color or sprinkles


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