Delicious gingerbread for New Year 2019

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  bakery

• Cooking time:

  1 hour

Ingredients

• flour
• butter
• egg
• cinnamon
• soda
• sugar
• water
• honey
• ginger
• nutmeg
• salt
• glaze

Fragrant gingerbread is one of the favorite treats for those with a sweet tooth. They are ready to gobble them up on both cheeks any day. In addition, delicious pastries with glaze will become a real decoration of the festive table for the New Year. Using the recipe with the photo, even those who do not have perfect culinary skills can bake gingerbread with icing for the New Year.

Classic recipe option 1

Traditionally, ginger is added to a product made from a special dough. Actually, hence the name of these gingerbread. It is easy to improve the recipe according to taste preferences.

It is enough to add your favorite spices at your discretion:

• cloves;
• cardamom;
• allspice;
• nutmeg;
• anise.

The main thing at the time of the experiment is not to overdo it. To add an additional note of taste and aroma to the gingerbread, 1 gram is enough. For cooking, we use a simple list of products.

Components:

• wheat flour - 450 g;
• butter - 100 g;
• chicken egg - 1 pc.;
• cinnamon, ground - 4 g;
• baking soda - 3 g;
• sugar - 250 g;
• water - 10 ml;
• honey - 60 g;
• ginger, ground - 2 g;
• ground nutmeg - 2 g;
• salt - 1 g;
• gingerbread icing (for decoration) - 100 g.

Preparation:

To get rid of possible lumps, sift the flour through a sieve. It is better not to ignore this action. Thanks to him, the flour is saturated with oxygen and becomes more airy

We put water on fire, bring to a boil. In order not to waste time, dissolve the poured sand on the adjacent burner in another container. Do not forget to stir periodically with a wooden spatula. As soon as it starts to turn into syrup, reduce the gas to a minimum. The sugar should completely dissolve and take on a caramel color

• Pour boiling water into the sugar syrup, stirring the mass thoroughly. As soon as the caramel is covered with bubbles and begins to thicken, remove the pan from heat.
• Now it's the turn of adding butter, which is what we are doing. Stir again with a spatula until completely dissolved.

• We introduce spices, mix the contents until smooth. The mass has acquired a rich dark brown color. We leave it until it cools completely.
• We introduce honey, mix.
• Add the egg yolk and mix again.

• Pour the flour in small portions, as soon as the mass thickens so much that it will be impossible to turn it with a spatula, put it on the table.
• Prepare the work surface by sprinkling with plenty of flour.
• Knead the dough with gentle movements, turning the edges to the center, rake in the flour.
• As soon as the piece stops sticking to your hands, the dough is ready. In this case, the consistency should not be steep.
• We form a ball, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator overnight.
• After the required time has elapsed, we take out the dough from the cold, tear off a small part, put it on parchment paper, and do the kneading.

• We roll it into a layer 4 mm thick. Cut out the figures with molds. We do not discard the cuttings, we roll them into the main ball for further rolling.
• Cover the baking sheet with a Teflon mat (silicone baking paper is suitable). Cooks do not recommend using parchment, as baked goods can stick.

• Put the gingerbread on a baking sheet, put in an oven preheated to 180 C ° for 10 minutes.
• When they acquire a golden color and slightly rise, we take them out of the oven, lay them on the table separately from each other. Let cool slightly.

Decorate baked goods with icing using a pastry device. If this was not at hand. Replace with a regular cut-off plastic bag

These are the gingerbread cookies with icing according to this recipe from the photo we got. On New Year's Eve, they can decorate not only a sweet table, but also a Christmas tree.

Option 2

Making gingerbread is quite a fun process. Children will take part in it with great pleasure. Helping to “dress” tasty figurines in a themed frosting outfit. On any holiday, baking is indispensable, especially for the New Year. Do not make a mistake and do everything right, a recipe with a photo will help.

Components:

• butter - 115 g;
• sugar - 65 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• honey - 150 g;
• cinnamon and ginger - 1 tsp each;
• cloves - 0.5 tsp;
• soda - ½ tsp;
• flour - 400 g.

Preparation:

1. Beat butter with sugar with a mixer, gradually add the egg, honey, spices.
2. Beat the mixture at the highest possible speed until smooth. You can do this with an ordinary whisk.
3. Add a little pre-sifted flour with soda. When the dough becomes obedient, we spread the mass on the table for further action.
4. We form a ball, wrap it in cling film, put it in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Ideally, the more time the gingerbread piece spends in the cold, the more malleable it will be.
5. We take out the dough, put it on parchment, roll out a layer 5 mm thick, proceed to cutting out the figures.
6. Bake in the oven at 180C ° for 10 minutes.

If you don't like crunchy cookies, take them out 5 minutes earlier. Put the kettle on and call your household. Incredibly delicious pastries are ready, you can serve them to the table.

Custard gingerbread

The recipe for these glazed gingerbread cookies is different from the classic one. For the New Year, this is exactly what you need. Take a look at the photo, what kind of beauty comes out. Despite the lack of baking powder, the baked goods are delicious, fluffy and tender.

Components:

• butter - 300 g;
• honey - 100 g;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• vodka (can be replaced with brandy) - 2 tbsp. l. Alcohol replaces baking powder;
• ground ginger - 2 tbsp. l.;
• cloves and cinnamon - 1 tsp each;
• premium flour - 700 g.

Preparation:

1. Melt honey, butter and sugar in a water bath. Before combining the resulting mixture with the remaining ingredients, cool it to 80 C.
2. We add flour not all at once, but in portions, otherwise the dough will lose its elasticity.
3. We send it to the refrigerator for 3 hours.
4. We take it out, roll it into a layer, cut out different figures with the help of molds, put it on a baking sheet, bake in the oven at 180C ° for 7 minutes.

To give the gingerbread cookies a real festive look, we use filling icing. Most often, culinary specialists use food colors, but they can be replaced with cocoa powder, turmeric, paprika, spinach, carrot and beet juice.

Gingerbread with icing according to the recipe with the photo is ready. They can be presented to friends and family as a present for the New Year. Bon appetit and good mood.