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Ingredients:
- 4.5 cups Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1.5 tsp Ground Ginger
- 1.5 tsp Ground Allspice
- 1 tsp Salt
- 28g Unsalted Butter (at room temp)
- 180g Dark Brown Sugar (i use Redman Brown Premium Sugar)
- 160g Honey
- 2 Eggs
Method:
- Preheat oven to 190C
- Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, allspice and salt into large mixing bowl. Leave aside
- Cream butter, brown sugar and honey with an electric mixer for 2 min on high speed until a smooth mixture forms
- Add in eggs gradually and mix for 2 min on high speed until a dough is formed.
- Remove dough and flatten dough into a disc, wrap in aluminium foil/ cellophane and freeze for 30min
- After freezing, roll dough to 4mm thickness and cut into shapes with cookie cutters
- Transfer cookies onto baking tray lined with parchment paper taking care to space apart
- Bake for between 8 - 10 min until firm
- Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely before decorating with Royal Icing (Recipe below)
Royal Icing Recipe
Ingredients:
- 90g Egg Whites
- 1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar
- 450g Icing Sugar, sifted
Method:
- In a clean bowl, beat together Cream of Tartar and Egg Whites at high speed for a min until frothy
- Add Icing Sugar in gradually and continue to mix on low speed for 1 - 2 min until icing holds a soft peak. Add colouring if desired
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