Name: Gingerbread biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: makes 40 biscuits
Ingredients: 100 g candied orange; 50 g marzipan; 150 g all-purpose flour or plain white flour, type 500 / type 00; 150 g rye flour; 1 egg; 80 g brown sugar; 20 g sugar; 150 g honey; 2 egg whites; 100 g almonds; 7 g baking soda; nutmeg, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, cardamon, salt flower; 1 egg white; 100 g icing sugar

Gingerbread biscuits

Christmas, comfort and tradition are the first three words, that come to our mind when we think about gingerbread biscuits. There was no Christmas in our life spent without nibbling gingerbread cookies, that to this day, still manage to bring a perfect Christmassy feeling of warmth, love and care, only in few bites. We created this recipes in December 2014, and were very happy with the result, moist, spicy, quickly melting, but still leaving the pleasant cinnamon - ginger aroma.

Ingredients

batter

100 g candied orange

50 g marzipan

150 g all-purpose flour or plain white flour, type 500 / type 00

150 g rye flour

1 egg

80 g brown sugar

20 g sugar

150 g honey

2 egg whites

100 g almonds

7 g baking soda

nutmeg, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, cardamon, salt flower

glaze

1 egg white

100 g icing sugar

Tools and equipment

blender

electric mixer or stand mixer

wooden spoon

large mixing bowl

baking tray

parchment paper

kitchen brush

METHOD

paste

Prepare the paste. Blend the candied oranges and the marzipan in a blender, until you get a fine paste.
batter

Sift flour into a large bowl. Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer combine an egg, both sugars and honey. Combine the egg mixture with flour. Add roughly chopped almonds, the marzipan paste, whipped egg white, 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder, 1/2 tsp ginger powder, 1/2 tsp pimento, 1/2 tsp cardamon powder, 2 tsp cinnamon powder, 1 tsp salt flower.
rest the batter

Incorporate all ingredients using a wooden spoon, to form a smooth dough. Shape to a cylinder, diameter 3cm / 1inch and leave to rest for 1 hour in a refrigerator.
bake

Preheat the oven to 180°C / 355°F. Cut the dough into 1,5cm / 0,5 inch thick slices and bake on a baking tray, lined with parchment paper for 15 minutes. While still hot, coat in a mixture of egg white and icing sugar.