The Bakery Project – Diary – 12
It is recommendable to have a Ginger Bread recipe in your repertory for Christmas time.
The Black Forest Bakery is offering different cookies with icing decoration – as you can see in the picture above. The Santa picture is printed on edible rice paper.
So is my little fantasy elephant out of ginger bread. I like to bake Ginger Bread stars and hearts to hang them under my advent wreath. And a Ginger Bread star decorated with icing
sugar is a nice little gift in December.
With the following recipe you are well prepared to bake all kinds of Christmas pastry.
Recipe for 20 large ginger cookies
250 g cold butter in squares
1 teaspoon baking soda
560 g flour
Spice blend
210 g brown sugar
3 tablespoons molasses
3 tablespoons sugar beet molasses
3 tablespoons finely ground ginger
1 teaspoon finely ground clove
Put all ingredients for the spice blend in a pot with 5 tablespoons of water and boil it up.
Take the pot of the stove and add the butter. Mix it well and add the baking soda.
Put the mixture in a food processor, wait till it’s cooled down to warm.
Add the flour and mix it well. Wrap the dough in cling wrap and put it in the fridge for
1 hour or over night. Roll the dough out and cut the biscuits. Put them on a baking
tray and let them rest for 30 minutes in a cool place.
Put the mixture in a food processor, wait till it’s cooled down to warm.
Add the flour and mix it well. Wrap the dough in cling wrap and put it in the fridge for
1 hour or over night. Roll the dough out and cut the biscuits. Put them on a baking
tray and let them rest for 30 minutes in a cool place.
Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes.
Royal Icing for decoration
maybe the half of the reicpe is enough – it depends of how much you would like to decorate
1 kg icing sugar
25 g pouder of egg whites, mixed with 165 ml water or 4 egg whites (egg size “M”)
1 dash of lemon juice
Mix the icing sugar with ¾ of the egg whites plus lemon juice for 2 minutes in a
food processor. If the mixture is too dry add the rest of the egg white. The mixture
has to be smooth and it is ready when it is stiff. That takes about 5 minutes.
has to be smooth and it is ready when it is stiff. That takes about 5 minutes.