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German Style Ginger Bread Butter 70g Eggs 3 Honey 140g Rye flour 500g Icing sugar 100g Ginger 1tsp Cinnamon ½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda 20g Method 1. Warm up butte r with h oney o n a lo w heat. 2. Take away from heat. 3. sieve together: flour, icing sugar, ginger, cinnamon and bicarbon ate of sod a. 4. Add butter and hon ey mixture and knead to smooth dough. 5. Pack up do ugh in aluminium foil and let rest in refrigerator for 1 day. 6. For using the dough take out o f fridge and slowly warm up to room temperature. 7. To obtain a smooth su rface on the pieces you create, it is impo rtant to remove all flour remnants from the dough. 8. Roll the dough out and cut into heart or house sh apes and carefully lift onto a lined baking tray. 9. Brush the dough lightly with milk or water before bak ing. 10. Pre-heat the oven 11. Bake at 140°C 12. Slightly open the oven door to ensure escape of any vapour during the baking process. 13. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack. 14. Using royal icing decorate the hearts in festive colours and designs.  

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German Style Ginger Bread

Butter 70g

Eggs 3

Honey 140g

Rye flour 500g

Icing sugar 100g

Ginger 1tsp

Cinnamon ½ tsp

Bicarbonate of soda 20g

Method

1. Warm up butter with honey on a low heat.

2. Take away from heat.

3. sieve together: flour, icing sugar, ginger, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda.

4. Add butter and honey mixture and knead to smooth dough.

5. Pack up dough in aluminium foil and let rest in refrigerator for 1 day.

6. For using the dough take out of fridge and slowly warm up to room temperature.

7. To obtain a smooth surface on the pieces you create, it is important to remove all flour 

remnants from the dough.

8. Roll the dough out and cut into heart or house shapes and carefully lift onto a lined

baking tray.

9. Brush the dough lightly with milk or water before baking.

10. Pre-heat the oven

11. Bake at 140°C12. Slightly open the oven door to ensure escape of any vapour during the baking process.

13. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.

14. Using royal icing decorate the hearts in festive colours and designs.