christmas gingerbread cookies




Gingerbread cookies are a very traditional and classic Christmas recipe. Both its shape and its flavor are quite striking for both children and adults. The custom of making them in human form dates back to the 16th century.
Gingerbread is the most famous of Christmas cookies

Ingredients
1 1/2   cups of brown sugar
2 1/2   cups of wheat flour
2   eggs
125   grams of  unsalted butter
3   tablespoons of Molasses
2   teaspoons of ginger powder
3/4   teaspoon baking soda
1   teaspoon of Cinnamon  powder
for icing
3 1/2   cups of  icing sugar
1/2   tablespoon of lemon juice
water  as needed
edible  food  colorings
 
Instructions
Separate the yolks from the egg whites.

In a bowl, mix the flour, with the baking soda, ginger and cinnamon.

In another bowl, mix the butter with the brown sugar. Beat with the help of an electric mixer until you get a smooth and creamy paste. Add the egg yolks one by one, continuing to beat, until the mixture is uniform. Add the flour mixture and the molasses, beating until completely mixed.

Knead with your hands until the dough is smooth.

Spread dough in a floured surface and possibly cover it with a parchment
 Using a rolling pin, thin the dough until it reaches a thickness of 5 millimeters (1/2 centimeter).

With the help of a cookie sheet cut the cookies one by one.

Repeat this process until all the dough is used.Preheat oven to 180 C.

Cover a baking tin with wax paper    or a parchment. Put the cookies on the paper and take to the oven preheated to 180 ° C. Bake for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool.

Mix sugar and lemon juice .Then add water  to make a smooth glaze .Add colourings and glaze cookies with this glaze .

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