Gingerbread: Learn to Make the Christmas Movie Cookie!

Washed down with hot chocolate, snow stories, gingerbread and fantastic gifts, the arrival of Christmas brings unique traditions, scenarios and sensations! Thus, even if the Christmas atmosphere spreads all over the world, many Christmas icons are limited to the northern hemisphere and arrive in Brazil only through the films of “Sessão da Tarde”…

However, that doesn’t have to be the case! For example, you can try classic gingerbread cookies or gingerbread – at home! And, in this way, it satisfies the craving for this treat worthy of Hollywood stars!

gingerbread cookie recipe

Time: 40min (+30min fridge) (+1h rest)

Performance: 50 units

Difficulty: easy

Ingredients:

• 200 g of unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups (tea) sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 cups wheat flour (tea)
• 1 pinch of ground cinnamon
• Clove powder to taste
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• Margarine and wheat flour for greasing

Icing

• 1 egg white
• 2 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
• 1 teaspoon(s) of lemon juice

Method of preparation:

1. Mix the butter with the sugar, the egg, the flour, the cinnamon, the cloves, the ginger and the salt, mixing with your hands until you get a homogeneous mass.
2. Then wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Open the dough with the roll on a heart attack surface and cut with small Christmas pastry cutters.
4. Then, place them in a large greased skillet, side by side, and bake in a preheated medium oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
5. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
6. For the glaze, in a mixer, beat the egg whites until slightly aerated.
7. Add the sifted sugar and lemon juice, little by little, without stopping beating until firm peaks form.
8. Remove from the oven and place in a pastry bag fitted with a pearl nozzle.
9. Finally, decorate the biscuits on top and leave to rest for 1 hour before serving.

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Ben

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