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Grandma's dreamy gingerbread

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 500 g honey
  • 175 g sugar
  • 175 g butter
  • 125 g almonds, half ground and half chopped
  • 500 g flour
  • 1 packet of baking powder
  • ½ tbsp cocoa
  • 1 tsp cinnamon, mixed with gingerbread spice
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 tbsp kirsch or fruit schnapps

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

not only delicious at Christmas time

Warm the honey and add the sugar and butter, stirring until smooth. Then transfer the mixture to a bowl and mix in the flour, baking powder, cocoa, eggs, almonds, kirsch, and spices. Stir until smooth. Spread the dough onto a baking sheet (approx. 30 x 20 cm). Preheat the oven to 180°C and bake for 10-15 minutes until browned. Cut into pieces while still warm and, if desired, cover with a powdered sugar and lemon glaze.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

Grandma's dreamy gingerbread

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