Delicate cookies with honey and gingerbread or spice mix
Ingredients:
- 125 g butter
- 25 g lard or butter
- 100 g powdered sugar
- 1 small egg
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons gingerbread or spice mix
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 250 g wheat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Also needed: cookie cutters with Christmas motifs
Preparation:
Cut the butter into cubes and leave at room temperature for 15 minutes; also take out the lard (or additional butter) and egg from the refrigerator.
Using a mixer, beat the butter with lard and powdered sugar until fluffy (about 7 minutes). Add the egg and continue beating for another 3 minutes.
Add the honey, gingerbread spice mix, and cinnamon, and mix well. Add the flour with baking powder and mix again until the ingredients are well combined into a smooth dough.
Form a ball, dusting with flour if necessary, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for about 60 minutes.
Divide the dough into 3 parts. Keep the remaining dough in the fridge while working with the first part. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).
Roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of about 3 mm. Cut out cookies with cookie cutters and place them on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown (the cookies may be soft in the middle after baking but will firm up later).
Combine the leftover dough scraps, roll out again, and cut out more cookies. Bake the remaining dough from the fridge as well.
