Gingerbread Biscuits

Ingredients

• Honey

  200g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  100g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  50g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  250g

• Almonds

  Nuts, raw

  2 ⅝ cup, ground or 250g

• Life, Gingerbread Spice

  Quaker

  15g

• Baking powder

  Leavening agents, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate

  5g

Directions

1. Heat honey, sugar and butter in a pot and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved and then allow to cool.
2. Mix flour, almonds, spices and baking powder in a bowl. Add the honey mixture and knead everything into a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the mixer, then with your hands.
3. Wrap the gingerbread dough in cling film and let it rest at room temperature for about 3-4 hours.
4. Roll out on a floured work surface approx. 1/2 cm thick and cut out biscuits. Bake in a preheated oven at (electric range: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 20-25 minutes on trays lined with baking paper.
5. Allow the gingerbread to cool and decorate with icing or chocolate as desired.
6. Source: https://www.lecker.de/lebkuchenteig-so-gelingt-das-grundrezept-50487.html