Best Christmas Gingerbread Cookies (without any ginger)

Name: Best Christmas Gingerbread Cookies (without any ginger)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 500g Plain flour; 200g Icing sugar; 125g unsalted butter; 125g honey; 3g cinnamon; 3g ground cloves; 3g ground anise; 2 eggs; 6g bicarbonate soda

7 steps

Prep:10minCook:10min

🎄🎊 This is the best Gingerbread Christmas cookie recipe that doesn't contain any ginger! 🎉🎄

Updated at: Mon, 25 Dec 2023 14:11:45 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

High

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories115 kcal (6%)

Total Fat3.3 g (5%)

Carbs19.7 g (8%)

Sugars8.6 g (10%)

Protein1.9 g (4%)

Sodium50.5 mg (3%)

Fiber0.5 g (2%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

35 servings

500gplain flour

200gicing sugar

125gunsalted butter

125ghoney

Instructions

Step 1

Sift the flour & icing sugar onto your worktop. ⭐

icing sugar200g

plain flour500g

Step 2

Next, add the bicarbonate soda & spices and mix well. 🥄

bicarbonate soda6g

ground cloves3g

ground anise3g

cinnamon3g

Step 3

Make a well in the middle and add the eggs, butter and honey. Then use your hands to mix all the ingredients together and form a dough. 🎄

honey125g

eggs2

unsalted butter125g

Step 4

Wrap the dough in cling film and keep in the fridge overnight. ❄️

FridgeCool

The following day (after 12h)

Step 5

Roll the dough thin (3-4 mm) and cut out any shapes you like. ⚪

Step 6

Bake at 180 C or 350 F for 10 minutes 🌡️

OvenHeat

Optional

Step 7

To get a really shiny look on your gingerbread cookies, shortly before they are ready (about 8 mins into baking) take the cookies out & brush with egg wash. 🧈