Pain d’épice or ginger bread recipe – Botanical online

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup rye flour
• 1 cup water
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 60g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 350g of honey
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking soda (or 1 packet of yeast)
• “Pinches” of spices:
• 1 tablespoon candied orange peel (put in water overnight, boil with sugar and, soak with a little of the juice, let it reduce).
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 and ½ teaspoon ginger juice (grate and squeeze)
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon cumin
• ½ teaspoon anise seeds