Christmas cookies

This is a delicacy that symbolizes a holiday, family comfort and good mood.

Ingredients

• ingredients for making cookies:
• flour 1250 gr.
• honey 500 gr.
• sugar 500 gr.
• margarine 300 gr.
• eggs 2 pcs.
• cocoa 50 gr.
• baking powder 2 tsp
• rum 3 tablespoons
• cinnamon 1 tsp
• 1 pinch cardamom
• cloves 1 pinch
• ginger 1 pinch
• vanilla to taste
• ingredients for making the glaze:
• protein 1 pc.
• icing sugar 150 gr.
• lemon juice 1 tbsp
• dyes

Directions

1. Put margarine, sugar, honey in a ladle and put it on the stove. Heat the honey mass over low heat until the sugar dissolves. The mass should not boil. After the sugar has completely dissolved, remove the ladle from the stove and let the mass cool slightly (at least 68 ° C).
2. Mix half the flour (650 gr.) With spices, baking powder and cocoa.
3. Beat one egg with a fork and add to the cooled honey mass, mix. Then add the second beaten egg and mix. Add rum and mix again.
4. Stir in the spiced flour into the honey and egg mixture. Gradually add the rest of the flour, knead the dough well. It should be tight and elastic. The dough must be kneaded for 20-25 minutes. When the dough is ready, put it in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator overnight.
5. The next day, after sprinkling a generous amount of flour on the work surface, roll out the dough and cut out the cookies using baking tins.
6. Put baking paper on a baking sheet and lay out cookies on top of the paper. We put a baking sheet with cookies in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes.
7. Cooking the icing. Beat the cooled protein until firm. Adding a tablespoon of powdered sugar, we continue to beat the icing. When all the powder is added, add lemon juice and beat. Color can be added to the glaze if necessary.
8. Cover the cooled cookies with glaze and decorate with food markers and pastry sprinkles.