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🍰 Gingerbread Figures

141 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Place butter pieces, honey, and sugar in a pot.
  2. 2. Heat the mixture while stirring constantly.
  3. 3. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved.
  4. 4. Remove the pot from the heat.
  5. 5. Pour the warm mixture into a large mixing bowl.
  6. 6. Allow the mixture to cool down in the bowl.
  7. 7. Add the almonds, 400 grams of flour, all the spices, and the egg to the cooled mixture.
  8. 8. Knead the dough thoroughly using a hand mixer with a dough hook.
  9. 9. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour.
  10. 10. Place the saleratus (a leavening agent) in a small bowl.
  11. 11. Stir the saleratus with the rum until smooth.
  12. 12. Add the rum-saleratus mixture to the dough.
  13. 13. Continue kneading the dough until it shines and no longer sticks to your hands.
  14. 14. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap.
  15. 15. Let the dough rest overnight in the refrigerator.
  16. 16. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  17. 17. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
  18. 18. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
  19. 19. Cut out figures approximately 10 centimeters in size.
  20. 20. Place the figures on the prepared baking sheet.
  21. 21. Bake the figures for about 18 minutes.
  22. 22. Carefully remove the figures from the sheet.
  23. 23. Let the figures cool completely on a wire rack.
  24. 24. Stir the powdered sugar with enough lemon juice until you have a thick, smooth icing.
  25. 25. Fill the icing into a small piping bag.
  26. 26. Decorate the cooled gingerbread figures with the icing.
  27. 27. Top the gingerbread figures with red sugar pearls as desired.

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