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Nuremberg Gingerbread

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Nuremberg Gingerbread

Recipe for gingerbread from Germany.

Ingredients

ServingsServes 15Original: Serves 15
  • honey500 g
  • granulated sugar250 g
  • flour150 g
  • ground cloves1 tsp
  • nutmeg1 tsp
  • cardamom1 tsp
  • cinnamon1 tbsp
  • ground ginger1 pinch
  • orange zest, grated1
  • lemon zest, grated1
  • hazelnuts, chopped200 g
  • lemon flavoring50 g
  • orange flavoring50 g
  • gingerbread wafers
  • baking powder1 packet

Method 9 steps

  1. Bring the honey and sugar to the boil in a saucepan while stirring. Remove from the heat and let cool.

  2. Sift the flour into a bowl.

  3. Stir in the remaining ingredients.

  4. Pour the honey mixture, then the baking powder into the flour. Stir and knead the dough until it cools down.

  5. Roll out the dough.

  6. Cut out the dough, and place on the gingerbread wafers.

  7. Decorate with an almond, and transfer to a baking sheet.

  8. Let cool for about a day

  9. Bake at 180 °C for 15–20 minutes