Gingerbread men
12 servings
60 minutes
Traditional cookies with molasses, honey and spices. You can simply bake regular cookies from this dough, or you can cut out little men, decorate them and hang them on the tree. To cut out the men, you will need a special mold, although Christmas trees and deer from this dough will also turn out great. In any case, a great idea for children for the weekend.
1
In a saucepan over medium heat, mix the spices, orange juice and zest, molasses, and honey. Stir for about 3 minutes until the mixture boils. Remove the saucepan from heat.
- Orange juice: 55 ml
- Orange zest: 5 g
- Treacle (syrup): 50 g
- Honey: 150 g
2
Add butter and mix.
- Butter: 250 g
3
Wash the eggs and break them into a bowl. Add cream and sugar. Whip until frothy.
- Chicken egg: 1 piece
- Cream: 100 ml
- Cane sugar: 175 g
4
Sift half of the flour and the baking powder into the bowl with the orange mixture.
- Wheat flour: 350 g
- Baking powder (raising agent): 10 g
5
Add the egg mixture and mix well.
- Chicken egg: 1 piece
- Cream: 100 ml
- Cane sugar: 175 g
6
Add more flour, but save a couple of tablespoons for rolling out.
- Wheat flour: 350 g
7
Knead the dough thoroughly: first with a spatula, then by hand. The dough should be uniform and smooth.
8
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 2 hours in the refrigerator.
9
In 2 hours, turn on the oven to 175ºC.
10
Lightly sprinkle the parchment sheet with 1 teaspoon of flour. Roll out the dough on the parchment and cut out little people. Put the excess dough back into a ball.
- Wheat flour: 350 g
11
Make holes for ribbons with a toothpick, straw, or knife, and draw eyes.
12
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
13
If desired, decorate the figures with icing, thread them on ribbons, and hang them on the tree.
