Christmas ginger biscuits

8 servings
6 hours

Such cookies are very easy to prepare, it turns out fragrant and tasty. It contains no perishable ingredients, sugar and honey act as preservatives, so it can be stored for a very long time. It can be prepared for the whole family for the holidays, or you can put it in gifts for Christmas and New Year for guests. Ginger cookies are found in various cuisines in the world, for example, it is very often prepared in Sweden, it is called Pepparkakor. There is a legend that Pepparkakor make a person happier. Swedes say that the more cookies you eat over Christmas time, the kinder and happier you will be. And in Sweden there is a mini-game - fortune telling on ginger cookies. You need to put cookies on your palm and make a wish, squeeze your palm. If the cookies break into three parts, then the desire will come true. Try, make such cookies and make a wish!

How do I bake ginger Christmas cookies? Prepare the products according to the list. You can take the oil immediately from the refrigerator. Honey is better to take liquid or replace with molasses. Spices should all be ground, they can be replaced with a special gingerbread mixture.

Pour ordinary sugar, brown sugar into a saucepan with a thick bottom or saucepan, add honey and water. Stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from the heat. Both types of sugar should dissolve completely.

Add all the spices, butter and soda to the sugar mixture. The mass will change the color a little. Stirring, dissolve all the ingredients. Cool the mixture to room temperature. In the next step, add the flour in parts, monitoring the consistency of the dough. You may get more or less flour than I do.

Add the flour to the cooled mixture and knead the dough. Pack the dough into a ball. Dough is easily collected into a ball if it is thrown in your hands, but it is difficult to work with such a dough - it sticks strongly to your hands. Wrap the dough in film and put in the refrigerator overnight or for at least three hours. Such dough can be stored in the refrigerator for several days for use later. Remove the cooled dough from the refrigerator. Turn the oven on for about 170 degrees.

Plucking the pieces off the dough, put each one on the baking parchment in turn. Top with another sheet and roll the dough between the two sheets. Roll into a very thin layer, remove the top sheet of paper and cut into various shapes with cookie cuttings. Remove the excess dough. Transfer the cookie paper to a baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for about 5-10 minutes. Focus on your oven.

Remove the finished cookies from the paper and cool. It turns out very crisp (if the dough was finely rolled). Serve it with tea, milk, hot chocolate or with grog and mulled wine. In a closed container, such cookies can be stored for many days!