Ingredients
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150 g butter at room temperature
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1 egg at room temperature
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420 g all purpose flour (you can use also wholemeal flour)
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100 g brown sugar or coconut sugar
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75 g honey
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1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
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1 tablespoon groung ginger
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon gound cloves
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zest of one organic orange
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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a pinch of salt
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100 g chocolate of choise (optional)
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chopped pistachio, coconut flakesor freeze-dried raspberries (optional)
Directions
I really love the flavor of these gingerbread cookies. I you choose to coat the cookies with chocolate the taste will be even better. The perfect choice for Christmas.
Usually gingerbread cookies are prepared with molasses, but I replaced it with honey.
For my taste the classic gingerbread recipe is too sweet, therfore I reduced the sugar and honey quantities and obtained less sweet and more healthy gingerbread.
Steps
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Beat the butter in a stand mixer or with electric beaters until it is soft and creamy. Then add the sugarand honey. Beat on medium high speed until combined and creamy-looking. |
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Add the egg, vanilla extract, and orange zest and mix until well incorporeted. |
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In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together until combined. |
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On low speed, slowly mix the flour mix into the wet ingredients until combined. The cookie dough will be quite thick. Divide dough in half and place each onto a piece of plastic wrap. Wrap each up tightly and pat down to create a disc shape. |
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Preheat the oven temperature to 180 ° C degrees Celsius / 4 for the gas oven (average temperature). |
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take one piece of dough out of fridge let at room temperature for a few minutes. |
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If you want to coat the cookies with chocolate, melt the chocolate in a heat proof bowl over a pot of simmering water, double boiler style. Stir with a spatula and take off the heat when almost completely melted. Continue to stir the chocolate until completely melted and smooth. |
