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Christmas Name Gingerbread Cookies

Name: Christmas Name Gingerbread Cookies
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 125 g baking margarine; 1 dl sugar; 0.75 dl syrup; 1.5 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp ginger; 1 tsp ground bitter orange peel; 1 tsp ground cardamom; 0.5 tsp ground cloves; 1 egg; 4 1/2 dl wheat flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 egg white; 4 dl icing sugar 225 g; a few drops of lemon juice

Charm your loved ones with personalized Christmas gingerbread cookies. Create a festive Christmas atmosphere by baking gingerbread cookies from scratch.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Cook 1 h 15 minTotal 1 h 15 minInspired by k-ruoka.fi

Method

1
Bring the margarine, sugar, syrup, and spices to a quick boil in a saucepan. Allow the mixture to cool. Mix in the egg. Add the flour mixed with baking soda. Stir the dough until smooth. (Avoid overmixing to ensure the gingerbread cookies turn out crispy.) Let the dough firm up in the refrigerator overnight.
2
Roll out the dough into a sheet about 3 mm thick. Cut out different gingerbread shapes using cookie cutters. For the personalized name cookies, cut out a spruce-shaped template of your desired size from baking paper (use the picture as a guide). Using the template and a knife, cut out spruce shapes from the dough.
3
Bake the cookies at 200 degrees for about 5–8 minutes. Bake cookies of the same size on the same baking sheet.
4
Royal icing: Mix the icing sugar into the egg white. Add the lemon juice and stir until smooth and glossy. Pipe onto the cooled gingerbread cookies in a thin line. If desired, use nonpareils and decorative sprinkles for decoration.