Homemade gingerbread cookies

Also known as GingerbreadGingerbread cookies, of Northern European origin, are now very popular in Italy too, and enrich Christmas tables, from breakfast to dinner. Their most distinctive shape is that of the classic little man, but they can also appear as reindeer, little trees, stockings, colorful houses, or little stars: the important thing is the reference to the magic of Christmas. Anything goes, as long as it evokes the magic of Christmas.

• 300 grams of flour
• 150 grams of sugar
• 150 g butter
• 150 gr of honey
•  1 egg
• A pinch of nutmeg
• A pinch of ground cloves
• 1 level tablespoon of cinnamon
• 1 level tablespoon of ginger
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• A pinch of salt

Ingredients for the glaze

• Powdered sugar 150 gr
• Eggs 1 egg white (about 30 g)

Preparation

• We put in a bowl the flour and the sugar and add the egg, the softened butter and the honey.
• When we have formed To obtain a smooth mixture, add all the spices, salt and bicarbonate and continue mixing with the wooden spoon.
• We will get a very soft mixture but we don't need to add the flour, we form a ball and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• After the rest time we take the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin on a floured surface.
• With a pastry cutter we cut the little man-shaped cookies half a centimeter thick and place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
• bake for 10 minutes at 160°, until the biscuits are slightly darker.
• Let it cool and decorate with the icing obtained by whipping the egg white with the icing sugar until stiff and placing it in a piping bag.
• The choice is yours if color the icing with a pinch of food coloring.

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