Gingerbread Cookies –

Ingredients

• 300g all-purpose flour
• 50g icing sugar (Puderzucker)
• 1 tbsp gingerbread spice (Lebkuchengewuerz)
• 1 tsp natron
• 50g runny honey
• 50g butter – softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 Zest from lemon
• 10.5oz all-purpose flour
• 1.75oz icing sugar (Puderzucker)
• 1.75oz runny honey
• 1.75oz butter – softened
• Step 1 In a large bowl, add all dry ingredients and mix well. Then add all remaining ingredients and knead together until well combined.
• Step 2 Form a ball of dough and cover with saran wrap. Rest in refrigerator overnight.
• Step 3 Half an hour before baking, remove dough from fridge and allow to acclimatize slightly.
• Step 4 On a floured surface, roll out dough into approximately 3mm thickness and using cookie cutters cut out desired shapes. Place cut out cookies on baking paper lined baking tray.
• Step 5 Turn on unit. Select BAKE, set temperature to 160°C and time to 8 minutes. Press START/STOP to begin preheating.
• Step 6 Once unit has preheated, place tray on the rack.
• Step 7 Halfway through cooking time, turn baking tray 180°.
• Step 8 When cooking is complete, remove tray and carefully place biscuits on a cooling rack.
• Step 9 Re-roll dough and repeat steps 4-8.
• Step 10 Once cookies cooled down, you can decorate them.