Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods which is typically flavoured with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and is sweetened with all-natural honey. Gingerbread often range from a soft, moist loaf or as crisp as a ginger biscuit.
Here's a classic take on honey ginger cookie you should try this festive season.
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface and parchment
- 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup Holy Froots Multiflora Honey
- 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
- Royal icing
- Fine sanding sugar
Directions to cook:
Step 1: Whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and spices in a bowl. Beat together butter and granulated sugar with a mixer until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, then add the Holy Froots Multiflora Honey and molasses. Reduce speed to low, and gradually add flour mixture until well combined. Divide dough into thirds, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm but still pliable, about 1 hour.
Step 2: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Working with a third of dough at a time, roll dough out to 1/4-inch thickness on generously floured parchment. Brush off excess flour, transfer dough on parchment to a baking sheet, and freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters, rerolling scraps as needed. Transfer cookies to parchment-lined baking sheets, and freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Bake until edges turn golden, about 15 minutes, rotating once and firmly rapping baking sheet halfway through baking to flatten any bubbles in cookies. Let cookies cool completely on baking sheets set on wire racks.
Step 3: Place icing in a pastry bag fitted with a small plain round tip (Ateco decorating tip 1 or 2). Pipe outlines and details on cookies. Immediately sprinkle with sanding sugar, and tap off excess. Let set completely, uncovered, at room temperature, for at least 4 hours or (ideally) overnight.
Honey and spice everything nice. Honey and spice gingerbread cookies are ready!
