Honey Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

The honey gingerbread cookies recipe contains aromatic spices, such as nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger, butter, honey and flour, and you can add orange zest as a fresh touch. When you use quality products, you will definitely get wonderful gingerbread honey cookies that you can enjoy yourself and treat your loved ones. After all, handmade gingerbread is one of the best gift ideas for Christmas and any other holiday. So, check out the recipe for gingerbread cookies with honey instead of molasses.

Firstly, ginger cookies with honey are so pretty and easy to cook. Moreover, in addition to the beauty of the homemade gingerbread, you can surprise your family with interesting packaging and gift design, for example, make a gingerbread house.

Secondly, it’s delicious. There’s no need to explain, you’ll understand everything at the stage of kneading the gingerbread cookie dough, it’s so flavorful, spicy and festive.

Thirdly, it is functional: gingerbread cookies made with honey can be hung on a Christmas tree, sent by mail anywhere, they will easily handle any road, and they can be prepared in advance.

This honey gingerbread cookies recipe makes light, soft, even cookies, with clear edges and shape, which is very important for further painting. Honey orange ginger cookies can be stored in an airtight container for several months, and the maximum they are at risk of is becoming a little harder.

Ingredients for homemade gingerbread cookies:

unsalted butter at room temperature
sugar
eggs
honey
ground dried ginger
ground nutmeg
ground cinnamon
orange zest
salt
all-purpose flour
baking powder

Whip the softened butter with sugar.

Add eggs one at a time, whisking after each.

Add liquid honey, orange zest and spices, whisk until smooth.

Gradually add the flour. When it becomes difficult to mix, add the remaining flour and knead the dough by hand. Add a little more flour if necessary. The honey gingerbread dough should stop sticking to your hands, but it shouldn’t be too tight either, so don’t add too much flour.

Wrap the gingerbread cookie dough in plastic wrap and press down a little to make it flatter. Put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough between two sheets of parchment into a 4-5 mm thick layer, no thinner. Cut out the gingerbread men, place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, and refrigerate for another 30 minutes.

To prevent the gingerbread from deforming during transfer, you can cut them directly on a baking sheet with parchment, then only remove the excess dough between the figures.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C.

Remove the future honey gingerbread cookies from the refrigerator and immediately place in a preheated oven. Bake until golden brown – about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool on a baking sheet.

If the honey gingerbread cookies are large, lower the temperature by 10°C and bake for a little longer – up to 30 minutes, depending on the size.

Store the honey and ginger cookies in an airtight container.

Check out these recipes:
How to make gingerbread icing
How to make a simple gingerbread house

Enjoy your meal!

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