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Gingerbread cookies with royal icing
Especially delicious when served with a cuppa!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Servings 1 full plate
Ingredients
Gingerbread
- 750 g plain flour
- 200 g caster sugar
- 1 cup honey
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 3 eggs
- 3 tbsp cocoa
- 1 tbsp gingerbread spice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp bicarbonate soda
Icing
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 2 egg whites
Instructions
Gingerbread
Mix all ingredients into a dough and leave to rest in the fridge overnight.
Knead the dough a little more. Cut out shapes.
Bake in a preheated oven (180) until brown (ca 7 minutes).
Icing
Mix all ingredients until thick.
Use a rolled up sheet of paper or a plastic bag with a cut off corner to decorate! (who needs actual baking utensils, right?)