The best spicy gingerbread cookies

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Winter is coming! According to the weather forecast we will have a snow and the atmosphere of Christmas and New Year will come simultaneously, that’s why I would like to offer you really spicy gingerbread cookies which is one of the main symbol of Christmas mystery.

Ingredients for our spicy gingerbread cookies:

  • 2 tsp of ground ginger
  • 1 ½ tsp of cinnamon
  • ¾ tsp of cardamom
  • ¾ tsp of clove
  • ¾ tsp of pepper
  • ¾ tsp of cacao powder
  • 3 tbsp of honey
  • ½ tsp of baking soda
  • Salt
  • Flour 250g
  • 1 Egg
  • Butter 100g
  • Sugar 25g

Method:

  • Take butter from fridge and let it become warmer in room temperature for 1 hour
  • Mix all spices in a bowl and put there a pinch of salt
  • Add flour into this mix and cacao powder and mix it
  • In second bowl mix butter with sugar until it turns cream and put there honey and egg and continue mixing
  • Combine two mixes and mix until we have a pastry
  • Wrap our pastry in plastic bag or cling film and put it into the fridge for 1 hour
  • Then, split it into two pieces and roll out the dough until you have 1-2mm of thickness and make shapes by molds
  • Oven should be preheated to 180°C and put there prepared cookies for 5-7 minutes and your cookies are ready to be eaten!

Have a nice meal and start already celebrating!