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🍰 Bake gingerbread men

205 kcal · 30 min · 4 portions

Ingrédients

• 250 g honey
• 250 g brown sugar
• 150 g butter
• 100 g ground almond kernels
• 450 g flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 2 tsp gingerbread spice
• 1 untreated lemon (zest)
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp potash
• 2 tbsp rum
• sucre glace 200 g
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• red and blue food coloring
• flour (for working)

Préparation

1. 1. Put butter pieces, honey and sugar in a pot.
2. 2. Heat the mixture while stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. 3. Pour the warm mixture into a large mixing bowl.
4. 4. Let the bowl cool down.
5. 5. Add almonds, 400 g flour, cinnamon, gingerbread spice, lemon zest, cocoa and an egg to the cooled mixture.
6. 6. Knead the ingredients thoroughly with a hand mixer and dough hooks.
7. 7. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour.
8. 8. Dissolve the potash in rum in a small bowl.
9. 9. Add the dissolved potash to the dough.
10. 10. Continue kneading the dough until it shines and no longer sticks.
11. 11. Cover the bowl with cling film.
12. 12. Let the dough rest overnight in the refrigerator.
13. 13. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
14. 14. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.
15. 15. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface with a rolling pin to about 3 mm thick.
16. 16. Cut out men shapes from the dough.
17. 17. Place the figures on the prepared trays.
18. 18. Bake the gingerbread for 15 to 20 minutes in the oven.
19. 19. Take the cookies out of the oven.
20. 20. Let the gingerbread cool completely.
21. 21. Stir powdered sugar and lemon juice into a thick glaze.
22. 22. Divide the glaze into three equal parts.
23. 23. Color each part with a different food coloring.
24. 24. Fill the colored glazes into three separate freezer bags.
25. 25. Cut a small corner off each bag.
26. 26. Decorate the cooled gingerbread men with the glaze.
27. 27. Let the decorated cookies dry on a cake rack.

Nutrition par portion

• kcal: 205
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 6 g · Carbs: 33 g