Christmas gingerbread cookies

The smell of Christmas trees, tangerines, and gingerbread cookies is always associated with the New Year holidays. In many European countries, giving cookies for the New Year and Christmas has long been a tradition.

Ingredients

• To prepare the dough:
• 250 g of flour;
• 100 g of soft butter;
• 1 egg;
• 4 st. l. sugar;
• 1.5 tbsp. l. honey;
• 2 tsp. ginger;
• 1 tsp. cinnamon;
• 0.5 tsp. carnations;
• 0.5 nutmeg;
• 0.5 tsp. soda.
• To prepare the glaze:
• 150 g of powdered sugar;
• 2 st. l. lemon or orange juice.

Directions

1. In a bowl, beat butter with sugar with a mixer.
2. Add egg, then honey, and stir again.
3. Combine all dry ingredients separately and sift the mixture.
4. Gradually add the sifted dry mixture to the boil, stirring constantly. The color of the dough will be dark due to spices.
5. Form a ball of dough, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes.
6. Turn on the preheated oven to 180 degrees. Cover the sheet with parchment and grease with butter.
7. Sprinkle flour on the work surface. Separate about a third of the dough (return the rest to the refrigerator).
8. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 2-4 mm, and cut out cookies using Christmas molds.
9. Spread on a sheet and send in the oven for 7-10 minutes, until browned.
10. Repeat the procedure until the dough is finished.
11. Mix powdered sugar with juice to form a thick mass and decorate the Christmas cookies with the resulting icing.