Ginger cookie. Homemade gingerbread cookie recipes

Christmas roe

• 250 ml milk
• 70 g butter
• 150 g honey
• 5 yolks
• 300 g each of wheat and rye flour
• 1/2 tsp. soda
• 1/3 tsp each ground cinnamon and ginger
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 3 tbsp. l. powdered sugar
• carrot or cranberry juice for tinting the glaze

1. Pour milk into a saucepan, put butter and heat to 60C. Add honey, remove from heat and let cool slightly. Add spices, both types of sifted flour and soda. Knead the dough well.
2. Heat the oven to 200°. Roll out the dough into a layer 1 cm thick, cut out animal figures with horns, place on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes. For the glaze, grind lemon juice with powdered sugar; some can be tinted with carrot or cranberry juice. Decorate the gingerbread cookies with glaze.

Honey gingerbread

• 350 g flour
• 1/2 packet baking powder
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• a pinch of ground cinnamon
• 100 g butter
• 1 large egg
• 150 g brown sugar
• 3 tbsp. l. honey
• 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice
• 100 g powdered sugar
• confectionery topping

1. Sift flour with baking powder, ginger and cinnamon. Cut the butter into cubes and chop with the flour mixture.
2. Beat the egg with sugar, add honey and mix. Combine with the butter-flour mixture and knead the dough. Form into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
3. Roll out the dough, cut out various shapes and bake for 10 minutes at 200°
4. To make the glaze, gradually combine lemon juice with powdered sugar and grind until smooth. Before serving, decorate the gingerbread cookies with glaze and confectionery sprinkles.

Ginger curly cookies

• 100 g butter
• 90 g sugar
• 1 egg
• 230 g flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp. cardamom
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 150 g powdered sugar
• 1-2 tbsp. l. lemon juice
• edible silver balls

1. Leave the butter for 30 minutes at room temperature, then mash with a fork and beat with granulated sugar. Beat in the egg and mix.
2. Sift flour with baking powder, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon. Combine with the egg-butter mixture and knead the dough.
3. Form it into a ball, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 40 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 180°. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface into a layer 5 mm thick.
5. Using cutters, cut out various shapes. Make a small hole at the top of each. Bake for 10 minutes.
6. Let cool on the baking sheet and then remove. Grind powdered sugar with lemon juice to form a thick paste. Place in a pastry bag fitted with a narrow tip and decorate the cookies.
7. Glue silver balls on top of the paste. Let dry, thread the ribbons through the holes and hang on the tree.

Christmas tree cookies

• 80 g nut cream like Nutella
• 200 g flour
• 75 g sugar
• 1 pinch of salt
• 100 g ground ginger
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
• 100 g butter
• 2 tbsp. l. cream 10%
• 150 g white chocolate

For the glaze:

• 1 egg
• 150 g powdered sugar
• 1 packet vanilla sugar

1. Place the butter in the freezer for 10 minutes. Finely chop the cold butter, mix with nut butter, flour, sugar, salt and spices. Add cream and knead the dough.
2. Wrap the dough in film and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Roll the dough into 40 balls, then shape each into a Christmas tree and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 200°. Let cool.
3. Wash the egg, separate the white from the yolk. Mix egg whites, vanilla sugar and powdered sugar until smooth. Then beat with a mixer at low speed. Cover the Christmas trees with glaze. Let it harden.
4. Break the chocolate into small pieces, melt in a water bath, add cream and stir. Use a culinary syringe or a bag to decorate the Christmas trees. Let it harden.

Cookies "Stars"

• 125 g butter
• 100 g sugar
• 1 egg
• a pinch of salt
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• confectionery topping

1. Leave the butter at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then beat, add granulated sugar and mix. Beat in the egg, add salt and beat the resulting mass with a mixer until the sugar grains are completely dissolved.
2. Sift flour with baking powder. Add ground ginger to flour along with cinnamon. Stir, pour into the egg-butter mixture and knead into a plastic dough. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 1.5–2 hours.
3. Preheat the oven to 200°. Place colorful sprinkles on your work surface. Roll out the dough on top to a 1 cm layer.
4. Using molds, squeeze out stars and other shapes from the dough and place them on a baking sheet greased with any fat. Bake for 10 minutes.

Cookies with chocolate

• 1 egg
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g butter
• 350 g flour
• 3 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 100 g dark chocolate

1. Combine soft butter with sugar, add egg and beat everything well. Add baking powder, ground ginger, cloves and cinnamon to the flour.
2. Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg-butter mixture and knead the dough. Knead until the dough stops sticking to your hands.
3. Divide the dough into 5-6 parts. Roll them into balls and put them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
4. Heat the oven to 180°. Take the balls out of the refrigerator one by one and roll them out into a layer 0.5 cm thick.
5. Use cookie cutters to cut out cookies and place them on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Bake cookies until golden brown.
6. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and brush the finished products with it.

Colorado cookies

• 170 g butter
• 260 g flour
• 1/2 tsp. soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 220 g brown sugar
• 100 g white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 115 g M&M chocolates

1. Preheat the oven to 160°. Melt the butter in a metal bowl over low heat. In a second bowl, stir together flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt.
2. Add white and brown sugar to the butter and mix well. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract. Add the flour and M&M candy mixture.
3. Divide the dough into 12 parts, roll into balls and flatten. Bake for about 15-20 minutes.

Two-color cookies

• 450 g flour
• a pinch of salt
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
• 4 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
• 150 g butter
• 100 g sugar
• 100 g liquid honey
• 2 eggs

1. Sift flour, soda, salt and all spices into a bowl. Chop the butter, add to the mixture and grind.
2. Add sugar, honey and yolk. Divide the dough into two parts, add cocoa to one. Knead 2 types of dough, wrap in film and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
3. Roll out half the chocolate dough into a rectangle - 28 x 4 cm, 1 cm thick. Repeat with half of the light dough. Cut both rectangles into seven thin strips and fold them into a layer, alternating in color.
4. Roll the remaining light dough into a sausage with a diameter of 2 cm and a length of 28 cm. Place on top of the resulting layer. Carefully fold the edges so that the light pastry sausage is inside.
5. Roll out the remaining chocolate dough into a rectangle. Wrap a striped piece of dough in it, pinch the edges and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Cut into circles and bake at 180° for about 15 minutes.

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The New Year holidays are approaching, which means now is the time to think about treats. You can surprise your loved ones with fragrant New Year's ginger cookies. This is not only a delicious treat for tea drinking, but it can also be used to decorate the interior and create a New Year's atmosphere at home.

Ginger cookies have an amazing, alluring aroma that no one can resist. Preparing dessert is quite difficult; you need to be able to quickly make the dough and know the rules of baking. Only the person who strictly follows the recipe can prepare a delicious delicacy.

Ingredients

To make cookies you will need the following set of products:

• chicken egg - 1 pc.;
• flour - 8 tbsp;
• ground ginger - 10 gr.;
• granulated sugar - 3.5 tbsp;
• butter - 100 gr.;
• honey - 1.5 tbsp;
• baking soda - 12 gr.;
• ground cardamom - 2 tsp;
• cinnamon - 10-15 gr.

Step-by-step preparation

Step-by-step cooking recipe:

• The first step is to prepare the honey. We heat it in a water bath until it becomes a liquid consistency. We need the honey cold, so we leave it to cool.
• Take a deep bowl, use a whisk or mixer to begin beating the butter and sugar. Add a chicken egg and chilled honey to this mass, beat until the consistency becomes homogeneous.
• Sift the flour into a separate bowl, combine it with ginger, soda, cinnamon and cardamom. In this recipe, there is no need to quench the baking soda, as the honey will do that. The ingredients must be thoroughly mixed until the lumps completely disappear.

• Gradually combine the flour mixture with the butter mixture. Mix thoroughly, otherwise there will be lumps in the finished cookies, which will prevent the dough from fully opening.
• Knead the dough and form it into a large lump. And wrap it in cling film or a plastic bag. Place the dough in the refrigerator to cool for about 2 hours.
• After a couple of hours, take the flour mixture out of the refrigerator and remove the cling film. First, knead it with your hands and then start rolling it out. If the dough doesn't roll out well, it means it hasn't cooled enough.

• Roll out the dough until its thickness reaches 5 mm. It is better to roll out the dough directly on parchment paper, because later it will be difficult to move due to its thickness. Place the remaining dough in the refrigerator.
• We use molds and use them to cut out various figures from the flour mixture. Experiment with shapes, when else to do this, if not for the New Year, because this is the time for creativity and creativity. Surprise your loved ones with an unusual dessert.

• Transfer the parchment paper with the dough onto a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180°C. Leave the dough in the oven for 7 minutes (no more), otherwise the dessert will become dry.
• After the time has passed, take out the prepared cookies and let them cool. After cooling, the delicacy will take its final shape.

How to decorate cookies with ginger

One look at a dessert decorated in New Year's style lifts your spirits. New Year's gingerbread cookies are best decorated with icing.

Ingredients for homemade treats:

• lemon juice - 5 g;
• granulated sugar - 5 tbsp;
• egg - 1 pc.

Recipe for making a New Year's treat:

1. Separate the yolk from the white. Beat the egg whites with a whisk, gradually adding granulated sugar.
2. After the sugar has completely dissolved, add lemon juice. Those who like sour things can add more juice, the main thing is not to overdo it. The readiness of the watering can be determined by its color; when finished, its shade is white or grayish.

In order to give the watering a more festive color, it is recommended to add food coloring to it. Before purchasing a dye, carefully study its composition. Choose products only with natural ingredients. Chemical dye may be harmful to health.

What can be used as a supplement?

Ginger cookies are famous for their original spicy taste with a piquant note. This taste is obtained by mixing ginger with an additional ingredient, which enhances the taste of the cookies.

Products you can use as an additional ingredient:

• spices;
• nuts;
• chocolate;
• cocoa powder;
• vanilla extract;
• soft caramel and so on.

The main thing: do not add all the products at once, you need to understand which products will be combined with each other. Supplements should be used within reason. It is important that they do not interrupt the taste of the dish.

Fans of the original can skip the additional ingredients and prepare the delicacy according to the classic recipe.

The original recipe includes the following products: only ginger root is used as a spice, in addition to granulated sugar, butter, dough separator and flour.

How to prepare a treat without using a mold

The most creative activity in making dessert is cutting out shapes using cutters. With molds you can make a variety of dough sculptures. What to do if you don’t have a set of forms at hand? You can give the delicacy a certain shape yourself, as follows:

• We take cardboard and cut out circles of unequal sizes from it (8.5-3.5-2.5 cm, and also 5-6-7 cm). We cut out a curly carved leaf, its size is 8 cm.
• Roll out the flour mixture until it becomes thin, cut out figures from the mixture according to the prepared template.

• In each figure, except for the leaf, we make a hole in the middle. The leaves will have a hole at the top.
• Place the resulting figures in the oven for about 7 minutes. The main thing is that the oven bakes at 180°C.
• We wait for the delicacy to cool and cover it with glaze. We give the glaze time to dry, usually it takes at least 10 hours.

• When all the components are dry, we begin to connect all the figures to form a bell.
• We take a beautiful ribbon, its length should be at least 70 cm. The ribbon must be folded in half and threaded through the holes made, starting with the largest circle and ending with the smallest one. Lastly, we grab the leaves and tie the ends of the ribbon with a bow.

The bell-shaped cookies are ready, here is a simple recipe for a Christmas tree accessory. It can be used as a Christmas tree decoration or given to loved ones. After all, gifts made with your own hands are the most expensive.

This delicacy will not spoil for several months. If you add honey to the composition, the shelf life will increase by another 1 year.

• the longer you knead the dough, the worse it rolls out, since the warmth of your hands makes it denser;
• ginger dough behaves very capriciously, it constantly crumbles. If you can't form a ball at all, use an additional portion of butter;
• the final result directly depends on the quality of the products used;
• In pictures, ginger cookies usually have a coffee tint. To achieve this shade, mix flour with cocoa powder, dark syrup, molasses or burnt sugar. The most common option is with cocoa, thanks to which baked goods acquire a chocolate flavor;

China is considered the birthplace of ginger. It appeared in eastern countries more than 2,000 years ago. Initially, it was used only in medicine, but today ginger is an ingredient in many dishes.

Fresh ginger is most often used to prepare various salads. In China they love it pickled. But dry spices are used for baking.

It should be noted that this plant has beneficial properties: it improves the functioning of the immune system, warms, activates blood circulation, and helps to get rid of extra pounds.

English monks began using these spices to make cookies and decorate the New Year tree. It is baked in the form of various figures, so you need to prepare molds or cut geometric shapes from the dough with a knife.

Step-by-step simple recipes with photos of making ginger cookies at home

To bake delicious ginger cookies, just follow a specific recipe. The whole process takes no more than ten minutes. There are several baking recipes. In this article we will look at the simplest and most common options.

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1. Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

First of all, let's look at the simplest baking method. Even an inexperienced housewife can prepare such cookies. If desired, you can change the composition of spices or add other ingredients. Don't be afraid to experiment.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 cups wheat flour.
• 1 tsp cinnamon.
• ¼ tsp table salt.
• 1 tsp ground ginger.
• 2 tsp baking powder.
• 170 g butter.
• 1 chicken egg.
• 1 cup brown sugar.
• 0.5 cups of powdered sugar.
• 0.25 cups black molasses.

Cooking process

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add table salt, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, and powdered sugar.

2. In another bowl, add melted butter, chicken egg and brown sugar. All ingredients must be mixed until smooth.

3. Add molasses to the prepared mixture and mix everything thoroughly.

4. The mass must be stirred well for several minutes so that it acquires a creamy consistency.

5. At the next stage, you need to gradually add flour to the prepared mass. Mix with a mixer at minimum speed. Add flour in small portions to avoid the formation of lumps.

6. The finished dough must be divided into several parts using a measuring spoon.

7. The next step is to roll the dough into small balls and roll them in a small amount of white sugar.

8. Place the formed balls on a baking sheet. There should be sufficient distance between them, as they will increase in volume during cooking.

9. Before you start baking, the balls need to be pressed down a little so that they take the shape of a cake.

10. Place the baking sheet in the oven, which must first be heated to 190 degrees. Bake for 10-15 minutes, no more.

2. Ginger cookies with honey

This recipe uses fresh ginger, which makes the cookies spicy and aromatic. You can add dry ginger, but then the taste will be completely different.

Ingredients:

• 100 g ginger.
• 300 g flour.
• 150 g sugar.
• 200 g butter.
• 2 chicken eggs.
• 0.5 tsp baking powder.
• 2.5 tbsp natural honey.

Cooking method

1. Ginger root needs to be washed well, peeled, and then grated.

2. Before cooking, you need to remove the butter from the refrigerator so that it softens. When it becomes soft, you need to mix it with granulated sugar, ginger, honey and egg. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous mass is formed.

3. Then add sifted flour and baking powder to the mixture. Knead the dough for several minutes.

4. The finished dough should be rolled up, wrapped in cling film and placed in the refrigerator for one hour.

5. The chilled dough must be rolled out into a flat cake about 1.5 cm thick. Using molds, squeeze out several pieces. If you don't have molds, you can cut the dough into any shape.

6. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and grease it with butter. Then lay out the cookie dough and place it in the oven, heated to 200 degrees. Bake for 10 minutes.

3. Classic gingerbread cookie recipe

Cookies with ginger prepared in the classic way will not leave anyone indifferent. The baked goods are very aromatic and melt in your mouth. It is served with coffee, tea or milk.

Ingredients:

• 3 tsp grated ginger.
• 1 chicken egg.
• 100 g butter.
• 2 cups of flour.
• 0.5 cups granulated sugar.
• 5 pcs cloves.
• 1 tsp cinnamon.
• 2 tsp baking powder.

Step-by-step preparation

1. Grind cinnamon and cloves in a mortar, place in a plate, add wheat flour and ginger. Mix everything well.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the egg with granulated sugar and add softened butter. The mixture must be beaten with a broom until it becomes airy.

3. Then you need to add the flour mixture to this mass. Knead a stiff dough.

4. Now roll out the dough into a layer of small thickness. Use cookie cutters or cut out cookies. If desired, you can sprinkle a little sugar or nuts on top. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and arrange the cookies.

5. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes. When the baked goods have cooled, they can be served.

4. Icing for gingerbread cookies

The taste of cookies depends not only on the cooking method and ingredients, but also on the glaze. It should have a thick consistency and snow-white color. Preparation requires some experience and enough time. You need to follow these steps:

1. Prepare 2 chicken eggs, separate the whites and beat them with a mixer at high speed. The result should be a foamy mass.
2. At the next stage, add powdered sugar (300 g) to the whipped whites, and also mix with a mixer.
3. If you want to make patterns on cookies using icing, the mixture should be quite thick.

If desired, you can add cocoa powder and lemon juice.

5. Gingerbread cookies with frosting

Baking with icing is an excellent option for decorating a holiday table. If you do not have experience in making such cookies, then just follow the preparation steps and you will definitely succeed.

Ingredients:

• 1 small ginger root (40-50 g).
• 700 g flour.
• 4 tbsp natural honey.
• 2 chicken eggs.
• 300 g butter.
• 250 g sugar.
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder.
• 200 g of powdered sugar.
• 1 piece of orange.
• 1 piece of lemon.
• 2 tsp baking powder.
• 1 protein.

Step-by-step preparation

1. Melt the butter over low heat, then set aside until it cools to room temperature.

2. Add butter, natural honey, granulated sugar and two eggs to a blender. Beat on high speed for several minutes.

3. At the next stage, sift the flour, add baking powder, mix and add half of the mixture to the prepared mass. Add in small portions to avoid lumps.

4. Add cocoa powder, grated ginger, and orange and lemon zest to the bowl with the ingredients. After this, add the remaining flour and mix everything well.

5. Wrap the resulting dough in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.

6. Roll out the chilled dough onto a 5 mm sheet, make cookies of any shape, place on a baking sheet and place in the oven, which must first be heated to 190 degrees. Bake for no more than ten minutes.

7. To decorate the cookies and give them an original taste, you need to prepare the glaze. To do this, in a separate bowl, mix lemon juice, powdered sugar and egg white. You can use a mixer, a fork or a kitchen broom. Add the mixture to a pastry bag and decorate the baked goods to your liking.

6. Gingerbread cookie recipe with step-by-step photos

Let's look at another way to make delicious cookies. This recipe is slightly different in the ingredients. You can experiment and use other spices.

Ingredients:

• 3 tsp ground ginger.
• 0.5 cups white flour.
• 2 tsp soda.
• 0.5 tsp allspice.
• 1 tsp cinnamon.
• 0.5 tsp salt.
• 0.25 tsp ground pepper.
• 0.5 cups granulated sugar.
• 220 g unsalted butter.
• 0.5 cups brown sugar.
• 1/3 cup molasses.
• 1 chicken egg.

Cooking process

1. Add spices, soda, table salt and flour to a deep bowl. Mix all ingredients.

2. Beat sugar and butter with a mixer for about three minutes. After this, add the molasses with the egg and beat at medium speed for another two minutes.

3. Pour dry ingredients into the resulting mixture and mix evenly at minimum mixer speed. Wrap the dough in cling film or plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for two hours.

4. Turn on the oven and heat it to 180 degrees. Meanwhile, spread parchment paper on a baking sheet and grease it well with butter. Form small balls from the chilled dough and place them at a distance of 5 cm, as they will increase in volume during baking. If you prefer soft cookies, bake them for 10 minutes, or for firmer cookies, wait 15 minutes.

Cookies can be stored in the refrigerator for a month or at room temperature for up to one week.

7. Video – Recipe for ginger cookies from Yulia Vysotskaya

In conclusion, watch the video with Yulia Vysotskaya. She offers an easy way to make gingerbread cookies using simple and affordable ingredients.

Bon appetit!

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and ground cloves. Make sure all the spices are evenly distributed and set aside. It is better to remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it has time to soften slightly. Beat it with a mixer along with the sugar and honey for a couple of minutes until very smooth and creamy. Add the egg and beat again.

2. Gradually transfer dry ingredients into a bowl and knead into sticky gingerbread cookie dough. Knead it a couple of times on a floured surface and form into a ball. Divide it into three parts, wrap each in cling film and put in the refrigerator for an hour and a half. We need the dough to be quite firm, otherwise it will be difficult to work with.

3. Take out the pieces one by one. Before rolling out, it is better to let them stand for a couple of minutes at room temperature. Place a large piece of parchment paper on your work surface and dust it generously with flour. Place the dough in the center and dust with flour again. Cover with a second sheet of parchment and roll it out between them to a thickness of 5 millimeters.

4. Use special New Year's molds for gingerbread cookies. Dip them in flour and cut out shapes, placing them as close to each other as possible. Gather the dough scraps together and roll them out again between the sheets. Transfer the cookies directly with the parchment onto a baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 7-10 minutes until deep golden brown.

5. While the first batch is baking, take a second piece of dough and cut out cookies from it. Keep in mind that it will be very soft after the oven, so don't try to remove it from the pan right away. The cookies will become crispy as they cool. To decorate with icing, it must cool completely.

6. For the glaze, beat the egg whites until foamy at medium speed with a mixer. Reduce speed to low and gradually add powdered sugar. Increase the speed again and beat for about three minutes until the frosting is smooth, glossy and thick. Place it in a pastry bag and decorate the gingerbread cookies with New Year's designs.

7. Once the icing on your cookies has completely set, you can transfer them to an airtight storage container. Since there is a lot of it, I wrap some of it in small bags, decorate it with beautiful ribbons and use it as New Year gifts. Happy holidays to you! Recipe adapted from the English-language blog La grece jaime. Many thanks to the author.

This is the first mention of honey gingerbread; gingerbread has long been a symbol of Christmas in Europe, and it has come down to us. Many housewives delight their household members with a delicious delicacy not only on holidays, but also on weekdays. Let's learn how to bake ginger cookies at home for the New Year.

• Ginger cookies with honey
• Australian cookies
• Cookies "Picarkok"
• Gingerbread Kozuli

Classic version of gingerbread cookies

Since ginger cookies have a long shelf life, you can prepare them in advance. If you pack sweets in colorful boxes, it will be a wonderful gift for friends.

Ingredients:

Flour – 250 g;
butter – 180 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
sugar – 250 g;
ginger – 2 tsp;
baking powder – 1 tsp;
a pinch of salt.

For the glaze:

Powdered sugar – 180 g;
egg white – 1 pc.;
cocoa powder – 2 tbsp;
food paints.

Preparation:

1. Divide the butter into 2 parts, grind one half with sugar, and melt the other half.

2. Then combine them, add the remaining ingredients and mix.

3. Gradually add flour and knead the stiff dough.

4. Place it in a plastic bag and place it in a cool place.

5. Then we roll out a thin cake and begin to create the silhouettes of the future cookies.

6. Place them in a baking dish greased with sunflower oil, cook for 5-7 minutes in the oven.

7. Combine the egg whites with powdered sugar and beat with a mixer.

To get colorful cookies, add cocoa or food coloring. You can use natural products for coloring, for example, turmeric, beet juice.
Decorate the dessert with glaze.

Advice! Before baking, prick the dough with a fork to avoid bubbles.

Ginger cookies with honey

You can make ginger cookies at home for the New Year with the addition of honey. This will give the delicacy a more spicy taste.

Ingredients:

Flour – 450 g;
butter – 180 g;
egg – 1 pc.;
sugar – 220 g;
ground ginger – 2 tsp;
baking powder – 3 tsp;
honey – 3 tbsp;
cream – 80 ml;
spices.

Preparation:

1. First sift the flour, mix with ground ginger and baking powder. Then grate the frozen butter on a coarse grater and add it to the flour.

2. Beat the chicken egg with a whisk and pour it into the flour, add honey and sugar and knead the dough. Continue kneading until the dough becomes firm and elastic.

3. After cooling, roll out a thin cake and cut out stars, Christmas trees or snowflakes.

4. It is quite difficult to determine the baking time; the delicacy cooks very quickly, so you need to carefully monitor the color change.

5. Instead of icing, melt a chocolate bar and pour over the cookies.

Vary the taste of sweets with vanilla or cinnamon.

Australian cookies

The appearance of these cookies differs from the usual ginger dessert; even the fudge does not harden.

Ingredients:

Flour – 400 g;
butter – 150 g;
sugar – 100 g;
ground ginger – 1 tsp;
baking powder – 1 tsp.

For fondant:

Butter – 80 g;
honey – 2 tbsp;
powdered sugar – ¾ cup;
ginger – 1 tsp.

Preparation:

1. Add ground ginger and baking powder to the flour.

2. Take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Put sugar in it and mix with a mixer. Combine all the ingredients in a deep container and knead well with a spoon.

3. Roll out the mass into a layer 7 mm thick and bake in the oven.

4. Let's make the glaze; to do this, combine butter, honey, ginger, powdered sugar in a deep container and place on low heat.

5. Stir constantly, achieving homogeneity. Brush the cake with glaze, and when it cools, divide into rectangles.

For reference! 1 tsp of ground ginger is enough. per 1 kg of dough, and you need to take 2 times more fresh root.

New and original cookie recipes

Over the years, new and unusual recipes have been invented based on ginger. Thanks to additional additives and changes in technology, the taste of the delicacy has completely changed.

Cookies "Picarkok"

In each country where such pastries are prepared, they add some of their own ingredients, and the taste of the delicacy takes on unexpected shades. You can make ginger cookies for the New Year in the Estonian way. A recipe with step-by-step photos will help you easily cope with this task.

Ingredients:

Water – 180 g;
flour – 500 g;
margarine – 150 g;
sugar – 300 g;
cinnamon – 10 g;
soda – 1 tbsp;
ginger – 1 tsp;
nutmeg – 2 g;
ground cardamom – 2 g;
white pepper – 2 g.

Preparation:

1. Take a small container, put sugar, pour water and put it on the stove.

2. Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns brown.

3. Beat warm margarine, then add soda, slaked water, ginger and other spices.

4. Combine the caramel mass, flour, water and knead the elastic dough.

5. We carry out the baking process according to the already known scheme.

Advice! After baking, it is better to cover the finished Piparkok cookies with whipped cream.

Gingerbread Kozuli

This recipe is most often used by the peoples of the north; gingerbread cookies are usually presented to relatives. There is a belief that Roes bring good luck and protect against adversity.

Ingredients:

Butter – 50 g;
yolk – 1 pc.;
quail egg – 2 pcs.;
quail egg white – 1 pc.;
flour – 300 g;
sugar – 150 g;
cardamom – 2 g;
ginger – 1.5 tsp;
cloves – 2 g;
cinnamon – 1 tsp;
nutmeg – 2 g;
water – 200 g;
powdered sugar – 80 g;
salt, soda, vinegar.

Preparation:

1. Pour boiling water over sugar and add butter.

2. Mix the chicken yolk with quail eggs with syrup, then add soda, salt and other spices.

3. Now gradually stir in the flour, the dough should be viscous, cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours. This will help the spices release their full flavor.

4. Take the dough to a warm place and let it warm up.

5. Then roll out a thin cake and cut out the shapes of future gingerbread cookies.

6. Bake for 15 minutes at 200 degrees in the oven.

7. Beat the egg whites with powdered sugar until thick, adding a little vinegar at the end.

8. Place the glaze in a plastic bag, cut off a corner and, carefully squeezing it out, decorate the gingerbread cookies.

When the glaze dries, you need to place them in an airtight container, so they will be preserved for a long time.

Knowing these recipes for making cookies, you can create real masterpieces of gingerbread cookies, placing them in a beautiful bag and tying them with a bright ribbon makes an excellent gift for Christmas or New Year. By making holes in the cookies and stringing strings, you will get a beautiful, edible Christmas tree decoration.