Life With Paulie

GINGERBREAD

DOUGH

• 7,5 kg flour (bread flour)
• 4,5 kg honey (solid honey)
• 1,5 kg sugar
• 15 eggs
• 75 g cinnamon
• 85 g baking powder ‘alkali’
• 600 g water
• 300 g baking powder (BIC)

ROYAL ICE

• 175 g fresh egg white
• 1 kg powdered sugar/Icing suger
• little vinegar

LET’S MAKE THE DOUGH

• Warm up the honey until it’s liquid
• Put the sugar in a mixing bowl
• Add the honey to the bowl
• Add the eggs, flour en mix it all together
• Mix the water & the alkali together & pour it in the bowl
• After that you mix the baking powder with some water en pour it also in the bowl
• The dough is ready, put it in the fridge well covered with plastic foil & let it stiffen

NEXT STEP

• Sprinkle some flour on your table
• Roll out the dough with a thickness of 3 cm
• Now you can cut out the shapes of the cookies
• Then put them on the baking tray
• Cover them with egg yolk & milk (100 g – 100 g)

BAKING & DECORATING

• Preheat the oven to 200°C
• Bake at 180°C for like 13-14 minutes
• Let them cool down
• Now you can decorate them like you want

ENJOY