Gingerbread man
Ingredients • • • - 0. 5 tsp pepper (freshly ground black); - 1 tsp salt; - 0. 5 tsp ground cloves; - 1 cup of fine brown sugar; - 2 tbsp hot water; - 2 tsp apple cider vinegar; - 2 eggs; - 2 tsp soda; - 5 cups flour; - 200 g of butter (room temperature); - 1 tsp ground ginger; - 1 cup honey (or molasses).
Preparation • 1. Mix 5 cups flour, baking soda, salt and spices. • 2. In a large bowl, rub the butter and sugar until creamy. • 3. In the mixture, add molasses or honey, and eggs. Stir until smooth. • 4. Add the hot water and vinegar, mix well and add to the batch mixture of flour and spices. The dough should have a dense, but at the same time to remain pliable. • 5. Divide the dough into 2 -4 parts, each of which is wrapped in plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for 12 hours.
• 6. The oven to heat up to 180 degrees Celsius. • 7. The dough is rolled out on a board, make him a plate thickness of half a centimeter or slightly thinner. • 8. Cut figurines men and lay them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. • 9. Oven men 15 -20 minutes. • 10. The finished cookies can be decorated with a protein (white or colored) or chocolate coating, mastic, sugar, nuts, raisins, special decorations for cakes and cookies, etc. .
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