Gingerbread is one of the most popular baked goods in the world. Inhabitants of India and Turkey add a large amount of spices to the gingerbread dough, in Europe they put ginger in it, and in Russia honey cakes have long enjoyed special love. There are many options for making gingerbread dough. It is kneaded in water, milk or kefir.
How to cook gingerbread cookies on kefir
To prepare gingerbread according to this recipe, you need to take: - ½ l of kefir; - 4, 5-5 glasses of wheat flour; - 400 g of granulated sugar; - 3 eggs; - 1 tsp baking soda; - 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil; - salt on the tip of the knife.
For glaze: - 2 egg whites; - 200 g of granulated sugar.
Add 200 grams of sugar to kefir. Mix very well and beat in eggs and add vegetable oil. Quench baking soda in a small amount of kefir and add to the total mass along with salt. Mix everything thoroughly again and begin to gradually add flour, kneading the dough. As a result, it should resemble very thick sour cream in consistency.
Sprinkle flour on your work surface and gently roll out the prepared dough into a finger-thick layer. Cut out with special cookie cutters or a glass of gingerbread.
Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil, gently transfer the gingerbread cookies to it and place for half an hour in an oven preheated to 180 ° C.
Prepare the frosting at this time. To do this, carefully separate the whites from the yolks and beat the whites with a whisk or mixer with 200 grams of granulated sugar until a thick, strong foam is formed.
About 10 minutes before the end of the baking of the gingerbread, apply the prepared icing to them and put them back in the oven. When the protein glaze hardens, the gingerbread cookies are ready.
Recipe for honey gingerbread on kefir
To cook honey gingerbread cookies on kefir, you will need the following components: - 4 glasses of wheat flour; - 100 ml of kefir; - 3 eggs; - 25 g butter; - 1 glass of honey; - 1 tbsp. l. ground cinnamon; - ½ tsp. ground cloves; - ½ tsp. baking soda; - a pinch of salt; - 1 glass of almonds.
Melt honey in a water bath or microwave. Then mix it with kefir and gradually add flour mixed with salt. Add pre-mashed eggs, baking soda quenched in kefir, softened butter, ground cinnamon and cloves. Peel almonds or other nuts of your choice and chop finely with a knife. Then add to the bulk and mix everything very well.
Place the prepared dough on a well-floured work surface and roll out into a layer approximately 1–1.5 centimeters thick. Then cut out the gingerbread with a glass or a special notch. Then place them on a cold baking sheet sprinkled with flour.
Bake honey cakes in a preheated oven at 210-220 ° C for 15-16 minutes.
