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Gingerbread
INGREDIENTS:
250 gr honey
75 gr sugar
25 gr butter
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ginger
1 teaspoon of powdered cloves
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
450 gr flour
1/2 baking powder
1 egg + 1 egg white
100 gr icing sugar

RECIPE:
Melt honey, sugar, butter and spices.

Pour onto the flour and the baking powder adding the egg.

Knead until smooth and form a ball to be put in the fridge for at least 4/5 hours.

Afterwards, roll the ball to a 1/2 cm height on a lightly floured surface and cut the shapes.

Bake at 170° for about 15 minutes.

When cool decorate them using a royal icing made with the icing sugar and half of the egg white adding silver balls , coloured decorations etc.

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