A classic recipe for gingerbread cookies for the New Year. How to make New Year's gingerbread cookies. Cookies with royal icing for decoration

Christmas roe

250 ml milk
70 g butter
150 g honey
5 yolks
300 g each of wheat and rye flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/3 tsp each ground cinnamon and ginger
juice of 1/2 lemon
3 tbsp. l. powdered sugar
carrot or cranberry juice for tinting the glaze

Pour milk into a saucepan, put butter and heat to 60C. Add honey, remove from heat and let cool slightly. Add spices, both types of sifted flour and soda. Knead the dough well.
Heat the oven to 200°. Roll out the dough into a layer 1 cm thick, cut out animal figures with horns, place on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes. For the glaze, grind lemon juice with powdered sugar; some can be tinted with carrot or cranberry juice. Decorate the gingerbread cookies with glaze.

Honey gingerbread

350 g flour
1/2 packet baking powder
2 tsp. ground ginger
a pinch of ground cinnamon
100 g butter
1 large egg
150 g brown sugar
3 tbsp. l. honey
2 tbsp. l. lemon juice
100 g powdered sugar
confectionery topping

Sift flour with baking powder, ginger and cinnamon. Cut the butter into cubes and chop with the flour mixture.
Beat the egg with sugar, add honey and mix. Combine with the butter-flour mixture and knead the dough. Form into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll out the dough, cut out various shapes and bake for 10 minutes at 200°
For the glaze, gradually combine lemon juice with powdered sugar and grind until smooth. Before serving, decorate the gingerbread cookies with glaze and confectionery sprinkles.

Ginger curly cookies

100 g butter
90 g sugar
1 egg
230 g flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. cardamom
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
150 g powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp. l. lemon juice
edible silver balls

Leave the butter for 30 minutes at room temperature, then mash with a fork and beat with granulated sugar. Beat in the egg and mix.
Sift flour with baking powder, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon. Combine with the egg-butter mixture and knead the dough.
Form it into a ball, wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 40 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180°. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface into a layer 5 mm thick.
Using cutters, cut out various shapes. Make a small hole at the top of each. Bake for 10 minutes.
Let cool on the baking sheet and then remove. Grind powdered sugar with lemon juice to form a thick paste. Place in a pastry bag fitted with a narrow tip and decorate the cookies.
Glue silver balls on top of the paste. Let dry, thread the ribbons through the holes and hang on the tree.

Christmas tree cookies

80 g nut cream like Nutella
200 g flour
75 g sugar
1 pinch of salt
100 g ground ginger
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
100 g butter
2 tbsp. l. cream 10%
150 g white chocolate

For the glaze:

1 egg
150 g powdered sugar
1 packet vanilla sugar

Place the butter in the freezer for 10 minutes. Finely chop the cold butter, mix with nut butter, flour, sugar, salt and spices. Add cream and knead the dough.
Wrap the dough in film and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Roll the dough into 40 balls, then shape each into a Christmas tree and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 200°. Let cool.
Wash the egg, separate the white from the yolk. Mix egg whites, vanilla sugar and powdered sugar until smooth. Then beat with a mixer at low speed. Cover the Christmas trees with glaze. Let it harden.
Break the chocolate into small pieces, melt in a water bath, add cream and stir. Use a culinary syringe or a bag to decorate the Christmas trees. Let it harden.

Cookies "Stars"

125 g butter
100 g sugar
1 egg
a pinch of salt
250 g flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
confectionery topping

Leave the butter at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then beat, add granulated sugar and mix. Beat in the egg, add salt and beat the resulting mass with a mixer until the sugar grains are completely dissolved.
Sift flour with baking powder. Add ground ginger to flour along with cinnamon. Stir, pour into the egg-butter mixture and knead into a plastic dough. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 1.5–2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 200°. Place colorful sprinkles on your work surface. Roll out the dough on top to a 1 cm layer.
Using molds, squeeze out stars and other shapes from the dough and place them on a baking sheet greased with any fat. Bake for 10 minutes.

Cookies with chocolate

1 egg
100 g sugar
100 g butter
350 g flour
3 tsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
100 g dark chocolate

Combine soft butter with sugar, add egg and beat everything well. Add baking powder, ground ginger, cloves and cinnamon to the flour.
Gradually add the flour mixture to the egg-butter mixture and knead the dough. Knead until the dough stops sticking to your hands.
Divide the dough into 5-6 parts. Roll them into balls and put them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Heat the oven to 180°. Take the balls out of the refrigerator one by one and roll them out into a layer 0.5 cm thick.
Use cookie cutters to cut out cookies and place them on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Bake cookies until golden brown.
Melt the chocolate in a water bath and brush the finished products with it.

Cookies "Colorado"

170 g butter
260 g flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
220 g brown sugar
100 g white sugar
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
2 tsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. vanilla extract
115 g M&M chocolates

Preheat the oven to 160°. Melt the butter in a metal bowl over low heat. In a second bowl, stir together flour, ground ginger, baking soda and salt.
Add white and brown sugar to the butter and mix well. Add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla extract. Add the flour and M&M candy mixture.
Divide the dough into 12 parts, roll into balls and flatten. Bake for about 15-20 minutes.

Two-color cookies

450 g flour
a pinch of salt
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
4 tbsp. l. cocoa powder
150 g butter
100 g sugar
100 g liquid honey
2 eggs

Sift flour, soda, salt and all spices into a bowl. Chop the butter, add to the mixture and grind.
Add sugar, honey and yolk. Divide the dough into two parts, add cocoa to one. Knead 2 types of dough, wrap in film and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Roll out half the chocolate dough into a rectangle - 28 x 4 cm, 1 cm thick. Repeat with half of the light dough. Cut both rectangles into seven thin strips and fold them into a layer, alternating in color.
Roll the remaining light dough into a sausage with a diameter of 2 cm and a length of 28 cm. Place on top of the resulting layer. Carefully fold the edges so that the light pastry sausage is inside.
Roll out the remaining chocolate dough into a rectangle. Wrap a striped piece of dough in it, pinch the edges and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Cut into circles and bake at 180° for about 15 minutes.

Photo: Pietro De Grandi/ Unsplash.com; O. Kulagin, V. Bilunova, K. Vinogradov/Burda Media

The history of New Year's gingerbread cookies

Ginger New Year's cookies, like countless other delicacies, undoubtedly have their own history. According to the main version, it was invented by English monks around the 12th century and, as you yourself understand, it had nothing to do with Jesus and his existence. And they associate it with the holiday rather because the monk, whose name, unfortunately, no one will remember today, in the process of baking ordinary cookies for the Christmas meal, decided to be original and thereby began the history of one of the most famous desserts. He simply added a handful of ginger to the dough, and as a result, the usual and familiar cookie turned into something new and completely unfamiliar, but, by the way, no less tasty. That's how the first delicious gingerbread cookies were born.

However, this is only the history of the cookies themselves, but it would be interesting to learn about the spice itself called ginger. It's simple, ginger, like many other spices and herbs, came to us from India. And, it must be said that in the countries of Asia and the East it enjoys special respect, because local cuisine without spices is in principle impossible. Today, by tradition, ginger is grown in its homeland in India, as well as in China and Jamaica. Ginger is also considered very valuable for Arab cuisine, where it is considered sacred, because mention of this plant can be found even in the Koran, and for Muslims it is worth a lot. As for the peculiarities of the local use of ginger, it is worth noting that it was one of the first to come to us among other spices and was initially very expensive. As a result, only wealthy people could treat themselves to such a delicacy, while the peasants remained in the dark for a long time. However, over time, the culture of eating spices reached our latitudes.

We learned that in addition to their amazing taste, these amazing plants give us vital energy, strengthen our immunity, take care of the beauty of hair, nails and skin, and also promote digestion and have a positive effect on the nervous system. Well, you can’t help but like something that is healthy and also tasty. So gradually we stopped being afraid of foreign seasonings and they took their place of honor in every kitchen.

As for ginger, today it can be found in eastern markets and stores in powder form, raw or pickled. And each of these types can and should be used for ginger cookies, but you must understand that in each case the taste of the dessert will be different. For example, ginger cookies with fresh ginger will be more juicy with a rich flavor, but with pickled ones they will not lack the flavor of the marinade; with ginger powder they will turn out dry and crispy. Experiment and choose to your liking.

Benefits of ginger and ginger cookies

For now, we will turn to the benefits of the dish and mainly to the benefits of the main ingredient. Well, we have already mentioned that, like any cookie, it is not without fat and dangers. But, on the other hand, ginger cookies have much lower calorie content than, for example, eclairs or cakes with cream, this should not be forgotten either.

Further, turning to the recipe, we see that in addition to ginger, it also contains honey, and entire books, not to mention articles, are written about its beneficial properties. Honey boasts the content of various macro- and microelements, as well as vitamins. This is an extremely useful product which, due to its characteristics, is also easily absorbed by the body. We must not forget about cinnamon, because in India it is considered the queen of spices and in many ways not only for its exceptional taste, but also for its potential benefits. Cinnamon has antipyretic and diuretic properties, and it also promotes the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and prevents heart attacks.

Now let's move on to ginger. This spice is as beautiful as it is mysterious. For us, apart from its characteristic taste and aroma, ginger is a closed book. We will now try to lift the veil of secrecy and introduce you to him better. First of all, I would like to note the amazing immunostimulating properties of this inconspicuous root and its ability to fight various viruses and bacteria. Don’t forget about the magnesium and potassium content, which makes this product indispensable for the heart, and it also helps digestion, creating beneficial flora in the stomach, and can even cope with toxicosis. This is such a miracle ginger. And besides, it is also surprisingly tasty, which is not such a common thing for a healthy product.

As for gingerbread cookies and the traditions of their preparation, it must be said that a lot of water has already passed under the bridge since the time of the ancient English monk, and today you can find not just circles of gingerbread cookie lovers, but even entire gingerbread clubs. Yes, it’s not strange, because today’s gingerbreads and sweets are not at all the same. There are no more crooked and boring baked goods - everything is now designed to give people a holiday, including cookies. Any dessert, of course, can be prepared at home, but in the pastry shop on the eve of the holiday, ginger cookies will be made to order, in any shape and type. Today you can find entire houses made of cookies, as well as ginger cookies with glaze and even, for the most sophisticated, corporate options - ginger cookies with the logo of a company or entertainment establishment. As you can see, technological progress has not left this side of our lives unnoticed. So it won’t be about beauty and now the main thing is to prepare a truly delicious dessert. This is what we will do now.

We present to your attention ginger cookies, or rather, their recipe with photos.

Ingredients for gingerbread cookies

Flour - 315 gr.
Honey - 85 gr.
Ginger (powder) - 1 tsp.
Butter - 85 gr.
Chicken eggs - 1 pc.
Soda - 0.5 tsp.
Cinnamon - 1 tsp.

How to make gingerbread cookies

First of all, we will prepare all the necessary products;
Heat the honey on the stove;
When the honey boils, add cinnamon to it;
Now is the time to add the ginger;
Once all the ingredients are hot, add the butter, cut into pieces;
Stir everything thoroughly and bring to a boil again;
Now the ladle with the aromatic dough should be removed from the heat and cool slightly. Then you need to break the eggs into it one at a time and mix everything quickly so that the eggs do not curl;
Now we begin to add honey into the flour in parts and turn the workpiece into ginger dough;
Put the dough aside and let it “breathe” a little;
Now sprinkle the work surface with flour and begin to roll out the cake to a thickness of 0.3 cm. You can only roll it once, otherwise the cookies will be tough;
Now, using your favorite shapes, give the cookies the required configuration;
Now line the baking tray with baking paper and lay out the cookies;
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees and place the cookies in it for 10 minutes;
Remove the gingerbread cookies from the oven and let them cool slightly;
The finished gingerbread cookies should look like the photo. Before serving, you can sprinkle it with powdered sugar and almond flakes;

As you can see, there is nothing easier than preparing such a festive treat. Moreover, these cookies can also become an excellent Christmas tree decoration, and in this case, before baking, you need to make a small hole in each cookie using an awl. As for the company for these cookies, it is best to eat them with aromatic mulled wine or punch to the sounds of a Christmas orchestra in a huge festive square, in a town that seems to have just now emerged from a fairy tale by Charles Perrault. Everyone imagines this magical place in their own way and everyone has different tastes, but the desire to get into a fairy tale at least for a minute is common, and ginger cookies are part of this very fairy tale. You remember the cookies from Neverland??? If you know equally interesting and colorful recipes for holiday dishes, we look forward to your letters. We wish everyone a great mood and real holiday inspiration. May the holidays bring you the warmth of your family hearth and a lot of positive emotions. This is what your most ardent admirer of KhozOboz wishes.

Gingerbread cookies in the form of New Year's figures are a symbol of Christmas in Europe, like a Christmas tree, a Christmas cupcake and Santa Claus. It is customary for the whole family to bake ginger cookies - this charming tradition, which has come to us from time immemorial, brings relatives together and turns Christmas and New Year into the brightest, most comfortable and delicious holidays. I would like to thank an unknown monk who lived in the 11th century, because it was thanks to his absent-mindedness that the classic recipe for ginger cookies appeared. While preparing for the monastery's Christmas meal, the monk confused ground ginger with flour, but everyone in the monastery liked the baked goods so much that the recipe spread to other monasteries. Now homemade ginger cookies have turned into a magnificent culinary handmade that decorates the festive table for Christmas or New Year. Ginger cookies in the shape of deer, snowflakes, Christmas trees and houses, painted with sugar icing, are a very tasty and heartwarming gift that always evokes joy and warm feelings.

DIY gingerbread cookies for the New Year

The German city of Nuremberg is called the ginger capital of Europe, so many people specifically go there for the best in the world.

To prepare the dough, first mix dry products - flour, soda and spices, and separately grind soft butter with sugar, eggs and honey. After this, the ingredients are combined together and the dough is kneaded until the crumbs stick together into a dense, uniform ball. Properly prepared dough usually does not stick to your hands and has a texture similar to marzipan. The finished dough is wrapped in cling film and placed in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. This is necessary so that the butter hardens, because it is easier to cut out figures from a denser dough using gingerbread cookie cutters.

Next, part of the dough is rolled out with a rolling pin on the table, figures are cut out of it, placed on a greased baking sheet at a short distance from each other and baked for 5-15 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C - the baking time depends on the thickness of the cookies. By the way, the other part of the dough is in the refrigerator at this time, otherwise it will begin to melt. For the same reason, the figures need to be cut out as quickly as possible so that their contours are not blurred. By the time the baking sheet is filled with cookies, the oven should already be preheated. When the cookies have darkened a little around the edges, they are considered ready, but if they are kept in the oven, they will become hard. Properly prepared gingerbread cookies start out soft and then become crispy.

How to decorate gingerbread cookies

A classic decoration is gingerbread cookie frosting, which can be made from 1 egg white, cup powdered sugar, 2 tbsp. l. water and 1 tbsp. l. lemon or orange juice. Beat all ingredients in a mixer or blender until the glaze thickens. You can add more powdered sugar if the mixture is too runny. The thicker the icing, the easier it is to draw patterns on the cookies.

You can make glaze without protein. In this case, for 150 g of powdered sugar, take 1 tbsp. l. water and 1 tsp. citrus juice. Grind the mixture until smooth. When the sugar drop does not spread, but remains in a ball on the saucer, the glaze is considered ready.

The custard glaze is also very tasty. To prepare it, boil 50 ml of water in a saucepan, then reduce the heat and gradually add 300 g of powdered sugar. Stirring the mixture constantly, pour 1 tsp into it. lemon juice and cook for 5 minutes.

You can add food coloring to the glaze, and to apply designs, use a pastry bag or plastic bag with a corner cut off. You just have to draw on the cookies very quickly, because the icing hardens instantly. You can find examples of patterns in photos of gingerbread cookies with icing posted online, or come up with your own version.

Gingerbread cookies decorated with glaze should sit for 10 hours until the glaze completely dries. Now you can wrap Christmas gifts without worrying about the cookies sticking together. And if you poke holes in the cookies with a cocktail straw before they go in the oven, you can hang the treat on the tree or make a spectacular and delicious garland. New Year is the best time for culinary creativity!

Ginger cookies: recipe step by step

To make these delicious cookies using a classic European recipe, you will need the following ingredients.

Ingredients: for the dough: flour - 250 g, butter at room temperature - 70 g, brown sugar - 80 g, egg - 1 pc., cocoa powder - 1 tbsp. l., ground ginger - 1 tsp., fresh grated ginger - 1 tsp., ground cinnamon - 1 tsp., ground cloves - 0.5 tsp., soda - 0.5 tsp. .; for glaze: powdered sugar - 250 g, white of a large egg - 1 pc. (about 40 g), warm water - 2-3 tbsp. l., lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l., food coloring of any shades, edible beads and snowflakes - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Chop the butter into cubes.

2. Mix butter with sugar and eggs, beat with a mixer for 3 minutes.

3. Add soda, cocoa, spices, ginger and flour to the mixture.

4. Using a mixer, knead the dough.

5. Wrap the dough in cling film and place it in the refrigerator.

6. Roll out half of the dough with a rolling pin on the table, and leave the other half in the refrigerator. The result should be a layer 7 mm thick.

7. Turn on the oven and preheat it to 180°C, cover a baking sheet with baking paper.

8. Cut out shapes with molds and place them on a baking sheet.

9. Bake cookies for 10 minutes.

10. Do the same with the second batch of dough.

11. Mix all the ingredients for the glaze.

12. Beat the mixture with a mixer for 10 minutes. To check readiness, run a knife across the surface of the glaze. If the mark remains for at least 10 seconds, then you can paint with this glaze.

13. Place the glaze in a pastry bag and draw any designs on the cooled cookies.

14. Decorate the frosting with brightly colored food beads, snowflakes or colored sprinkles.

15. Let the cookies stand for 4 hours and serve.

Fragrant gingerbread cookies, smelling of cinnamon, will cheer you up on cold winter evenings, because you don’t have to bake them exclusively for Christmas!

Secrets for making gingerbread cookies

In the process of kneading the dough, sometimes not everything goes according to plan, since ginger dough is very capricious, often crumbles and spreads. But you can safely make your own adjustments. If the crumbs don't come together into a ball, add a little butter; If the dough is too sticky to your hands, stir in a little flour.

You need to learn to feel the dough, despite the fact that the recipe for gingerbread cookies with the photo gives completely different proportions, because the consistency of the dough also depends on the quality of the products.

In pictures in magazines, gingerbread cookies have a beautiful coffee-and-cream hue. To get this color, you need to add a little dark syrup, molasses, burnt sugar or cocoa to the dough. The simplest and most affordable option is cocoa, with which the cookies will acquire a delicious chocolate taste.

The sticky dough can be placed between two sheets of baking paper sprinkled with flour and rolled out to the desired thickness - this way you won’t have to mix excess flour into the dough, the layers won’t stick to the table and will turn out even.

If you want the cookies to be softer and more crumbly, bake them on a greased baking sheet; If you want crispy cookies, use baking paper lightly dusted with flour.

As you decorate, the icing may set in the piping bag. In this case, you need to put it in a cup, dilute it with a small amount of water and grind it well. When preparing the glaze, water is always added drop by drop to achieve the correct consistency.

Recipe for ginger cookies from Yulia Vysotskaya

Shortbread ginger cookies according to Yulia Vysotskaya’s recipe are tender and crumbly. To prepare it, you will need 125 g of pre-softened butter, which must be combined with 50 g of powdered sugar, ¼ tsp. grated ginger and the zest of one orange. Mix all the ingredients well, sift 200 g of flour into the resulting mass in small portions and add 0.5 tsp. sea salt. Knead the dough, roll it out and use molds to make beautiful cookies. Bake it for 10 minutes at 180°C on a baking sheet lined with baking paper, and then decorate. However, the cookies are incredibly delicious even without fondant and icing.

Yulia Vysotskaya also has other interesting recipes - ones made with maple syrup and cream, and crispy ginger cookies with spices.

Gingerbread cookies can be different, and it doesn’t matter which recipe you prefer. With the aromas of baking, everything in the house is transformed, and we become closer to the New Year's magic and... to ourselves.

The New Year holidays are approaching, and housewives are increasingly asking the question: what to cook so unusual that they will surprise everyone from the first course. If we are talking about baking, then you definitely need to make ginger cookies; We will look at the classic recipe for the New Year, as well as options with glaze in the article.

It doesn’t matter that the dish is high in calories; It will be simply impossible to resist the pressure of its alluring spicy aroma and the beauty of its original forms.

Making gingerbread cookies is not so easy: you need to be able to quickly make the dough, bake it correctly, and, of course, decorate it beautifully thematically. The task is not simple, but even young housewives can solve it.

If you strictly follow all the preparation steps, then a decent portion of the delicious New Year's delicacy will be a success.

Homemade ginger cookies: spicy recipe

Ingredients

Flour – 200 g;
Egg – 1 pc.;
Ginger (ground) – 2 tsp;
Cinnamon – 1-3 tsp. (taste);
Ground cardamom – 1 tsp;
Butter – 100 g;
Baking soda – 1.5 tsp;
Honey – 3 tsp;
Sugar – 110 g.

Stage 1: preparing honey for cooking

Heat the honey in a water bath. We don’t heat it too much, we just need to bring it to a liquid state.

You cannot pour the hot product into the dough, so let the honey cool for a few minutes.

Stage 2: knead the dough for New Year's cookies

Grind (in a deep bowl) well-softened butter with sugar. You can simply beat it with a mixer at medium speed.

Add the egg and cooled honey to the grated mixture.

Beat the ingredients with a mixer until smooth.

In a separate bowl, mix the sifted flour, soda (there is no need to quench it separately with vinegar, it quenches itself with honey), spices. Mix the ingredients thoroughly so that there is not a single lump.

Add the spice-flour mixture to the sweet butter mixture in small portions. Knead it thoroughly, otherwise there will be lumps in the finished dough that will prevent the dough from fully rolling out.

Important
The dough should be sticky. If it sticks too much to your hands, you can add flour to it, but not more than 1 tablespoon.

After kneading, collect the dough mixture into a ball, wrap it in cling film (alternatively, the dough can be folded into a plastic bag) and put it in the refrigerator for 1.5-2 hours. Well-frozen dough rolls out easier.

Step 3: Roll out the ginger dough

We take the frozen dough mass out of the refrigerator, knead it a couple of times with our hands, and then begin to roll it out.

You can’t knead the dough for a long time, because the warmth of your hands causes it to lose its density, which means it will be more difficult to roll out.

The thickness of the rolled dough should be approximately 0.5 cm, but, if desired, this figure can be slightly changed.

Since our dough is quite thin, it is better to initially roll it out on parchment paper (you can also cut out figures there), which we then place in the oven, along with the cookies.

Do not keep the rolled out dough at room temperature for a long time, it will “float”.

We also put the remaining dough mass in the refrigerator.

Stage 4: making New Year's figures

Using special New Year's molds, we cut out festive figures from the dough. Don’t be afraid to experiment with baking forms; the New Year is an excellent occasion for creativity and creativity, so create something unusual and surprise your family with delicacies.

Stage 5: bake New Year's gingerbread cookies

We transfer the parchment paper with the figures onto a baking sheet or cover it with paper first, and then transfer the cookies onto it one by one.

Do as you please, the main thing is that the figures lie at some distance from each other, since during the baking process they will become more fluffy and may stick together

Place the cookies on a baking sheet in an already preheated (up to 180°C) oven. Bake the treat in the oven for about 7 minutes, no more. If you overdo it, the baked goods will turn out dry.

We take the cookies out of the oven (they will still be soft), let them cool for a few minutes, only after that they will harden. This completes the main part of preparing New Year's ginger cookies.

If you want to make it even more unusual, then you can decorate the surface of the figures with glaze. It will complete the festive look of your baked goods and make it a real culinary exclusive on the New Year's table.

So that just one look at the delicious dessert will make you feel like a New Year, you need to decorate the baked figurines according to the theme of the celebration. Sugar icing is best for decoration.

To prepare the glaze we need

Egg – 1 pc.;
Sugar – 100 g;
Lemon juice – 1 tsp.

Preparation

Beat the egg white, gradually mixing in sugar or powdered sugar (at your discretion).
When the sugar is completely dissolved, add lemon juice to it. You can take more than 1 tsp, but do not overdo it, otherwise the glaze will turn out sour.

The glaze you prepare will have a white or grayish tint, but not all housewives find this color festive, so we suggest decorating your glaze with food coloring.

Try not to use chemical dyes, they are harmful to health. Give preference to natural colors in the form of fruit syrups and berry juices.

Ginger cookies are famous for their inimitable piquant and spicy taste. And it is created, as a rule, not only due to the presence of ginger. New Year's cookies must include additional ingredients that enhance the special taste of the dish.

These products include:

spices (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, saffron, etc.);
hazelnut;
vanillin;
cocoa;
chocolate;
melted caramel, etc.

You should not mix all the ingredients at once, but it is recommended to combine some of them with each other. If you add additives to the dough in reasonable quantities, the finished dish will only benefit from it.

If you're not ready to feast on super-spicy exotics, then start making classic gingerbread cookies.

Apart from ginger, it contains no other spices or herbs. The dough is prepared exclusively on the basis of a standard set of products, as for such baking:

sugar;
flour;
baking powder;
butter;
fresh ginger root.

The technology for preparing classic cookies with ginger is in many ways similar to the recipe for spicy pastries.

First of all, you can decorate baked goods using glaze, and not only sugar. Sometimes housewives create designs on cookies made from chocolate icing.

Making chocolate glaze is quite simple: you just need to melt the chocolate in a water bath, mix it with butter and cream. Wait for the glaze to cool slightly, then apply it with a special brush to the surface of the finished cookies.

In addition to icing, you can decorate baked goods:

confectionery decorations;
small nuts;
shavings;
shortbread crumbs with cocoa;
powdered sugar;
crushed candies, etc.

The most creative stage of preparation is cutting out New Year's figures using special cookie cutters.

Using a certain set of shapes, you can easily cut out any sculptures from dough (Christmas trees, stars, angels, balls, bells, etc.).

But what if there is no such set? In case you don't have any cookie cutters, just make them yourself.

We’ll show you how to make a New Year’s mold for gingerbread cookies using a specific example.

How to make “Bell” cookies from dough

We cut out 6 circles of different diameters (8.5 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 3.5 – 2.5 cm) and a figurine in the form of a carved leaf (no more than 8 cm long) from cardboard.
We roll out the dough thinly, cut out the necessary shapes from it according to the finished template, after which we make a hole in the middle in each of them (except for the leaves). We make a hole on the leaves closer to the top.
Place the cookies in the oven and bake them for 7 minutes. We take the pastry out of the oven and give it time to cool.
Decorate the cooled cookies with glaze and leave them to dry for several hours.
The glaze takes a long time to dry, so if you don’t wait time and immediately start creating our figure, the glaze will smear and ruin the whole preparation. Some housewives advise leaving baked goods decorated with icing overnight so that the sweet decoration dries perfectly.

When the cookies with glaze dry, we begin to assemble them into a bell.

To do this, take a gift ribbon (at least 70 cm long, if it’s longer, then it’s even better), fold it in half and thread it through the hole made in the circle with the smallest diameter. We should get something like a medallion on a string.

After this, we thread the ribbon through all the other circles (starting with the large one and ending with the small circle). When the bell is assembled, we attach the leaves to the side ribbons, and only after that we tie the bell to a bow.

These homemade cookies are an excellent decoration for the New Year tree and a wonderful gift for family and friends.

New Year's figures can be stored for a very long time: a month or even more. Baked goods with honey added to the dough have a particularly long shelf life.

Now you know how to make ginger cookies and which recipe - classic or spicy - you should use for the New Year.

Don't be afraid to experiment, become real wizards, turn your kitchen into a workshop where New Year's miracles with a hint of ginger happen. Give your loved ones your love and warmth in the form of beautiful holiday cookies, and your loved ones will undoubtedly appreciate your care for them.

Happy New Year!

Christmas and New Year holidays are a time of miracles and an opportunity to enjoy the sweetest desserts made with your own hands. Many housewives bake fragrant ginger cookies as a treat for the holiday. These homemade baked goods are special. At first glance, it is very simple and unpretentious. However, its pleasant aroma of ginger cookies creates exactly that excellent atmosphere of expectation of a miracle in the house. By the way, there are several variations of this dessert. Below are step-by-step recipes for gingerbread cookies with photos and several videos. So every culinary specialist will be able to please his loved ones with a crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, aromatic dessert.

Classic gingerbread cookies for New Year and Christmas

A delicious classic recipe for gingerbread cookies for the New Year and Christmas holidays is a great opportunity to please your favorite sweet tooth with home-made delicacies.

Cooking time – 2 hours.

Number of servings – 10.

Ingredients

To make classic ginger cookies you will need to use the following ingredients:

egg – 1 pc.;
butter – 60 g;
baking powder for dough – 2 pinches;
natural honey – 50 g;
flour – 180 g;
cinnamon – ½ tsp;
ground dry ginger – ½ tsp;
granulated sugar – 40 g;
powdered sugar - for decoration.

Cooking method

The classic recipe for New Year's gingerbread cookies is easy to make.

The first step is to prepare the oil - it must be chilled. The flour will need to be sifted. Both components must be placed in a common container.

Add cinnamon and ground ginger to them. The mixture is diluted with baking powder.

On a note! If desired, you can dilute the Christmas dessert recipe with lemon zest, ground nutmeg, cardamom and cloves. They will make the taste of the cookies more spicy and rich.

The last thing to be beaten into the mixture is a raw egg.

Using a whisk or blender (or mixer), the components are thoroughly mixed. The result will be a mass that resembles crumbs in consistency.

The dough should be collected into a ball. This must be done as quickly as possible so that it does not start to melt from the warmth of your hands. It is recommended to roll out the dough between two layers of food parchment. The optimal thickness of the layer is at least 3 mm. Then the workpiece is placed in the refrigerator for 35 minutes.

The cookies are transferred directly onto the parchment onto a baking sheet. The top sheet of paper should be removed.

The oven is preheated. It should be heated to 180 degrees. With this mode, ginger cookies, prepared according to the classic European recipe, are baked for about 10 minutes. It cools on a wire rack.

You can decorate the finished dessert, which is so popular during the Christmas and New Year holidays, with powdered sugar. Cocoa powder or pre-made icing will also work.

Such delicious and beautiful ginger cookies are suitable not only as a treat, but also as a quality New Year's gift for friends and acquaintances!

Gingerbread cookies in the shape of people for the New Year

One of the most popular recipes for classic gingerbread cookies for New Year and Christmas suggests baking a dessert in the shape of little funny people. This delicacy will be a real hit on the holiday table.

Cooking time – 1 hour.

Number of servings – 8.

Ingredients

To bake this version of ginger cookies, you need:

granulated sugar – 120 g;
soda – 1.5 tsp;
flour – 500 g;
honey - 1 tbsp.;
butter – 120 g;
ginger – 1 tsp;
salt – 1 pinch;
baking powder for dough – 1 tsp.

On a note! For the glaze with which the gingerbread men will be decorated, you should use 210 g of powdered sugar, food coloring and the white of 1 large chicken egg.

Cooking method

Gingerbread cookies in the shape of funny and cute people are a wonderful treat during the New Year and Christmas celebrations. At the same time, baking it is not difficult at all.

First you need to prepare all the ingredients specified in the recipe.

Sugar and honey must be mixed. Add soda and salt to them. All spices and butter are added here. The mixture must be put on fire. The mass should be heated systematically until foam forms on its surface.

The composition needs to be cooled a little. Use a special thermometer to monitor your temperature. The optimal mixture mode is 40 degrees. Now baking powder and flour are poured into the mixture. An egg is driven into the mixture.

The dough must be kneaded manually. It should turn out elastic and soft.

The resulting delicate composition is rolled into a layer. Its thickness should be about 4-5 mm. Using molds or stencils, you should cut out little people from it.

The oven is heated to 200 degrees. Our gingerbread figures are baked in it for 10 minutes. The finished cookies are transferred very carefully to a plate. He needs to cool down.

In the meantime, you can make the glaze.

It needs to be made from powdered sugar and protein. The resulting icing is divided into 4 portions. Each one has a different shade of food coloring added to it. All types of glaze are transferred to food bags and secured with clamps.

All that remains is to decorate the finished ginger cookies, guided by your own imagination.

Gingerbread cookies decorated with icing turn out to be very impressive, appetizing, and festive. It can be served on the table for New Year or Christmas, or treated to loved ones.

Simple gingerbread cookies for the New Year

This option for making ginger cookies can easily be considered the simplest and easiest. Even if it has never occurred to you to bake such a sweet for Christmas or New Year, don’t worry. You will definitely succeed at the highest level. In addition, such baked goods can be decorated with icing - it will turn out original and very beautiful.

Cooking time – 20 minutes.

Number of servings – 10.

Ingredients

To make sweet holiday gingerbread cookies, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

granulated sugar – 100 g;
flour – 250 g;
ginger root – 15 g;
margarine – 100 g;
cinnamon – ½ tsp;
egg – 1 pc.;
ground nutmeg – 1 pinch;
honey - 1 tbsp. l.;
sour cream – 1 tbsp. l.;
cardamom - to taste.

Cooking method

This simple Christmas gingerbread cookie recipe is easy to make in your own kitchen in no time at all.

Peel and chop the ginger. The spice is mixed with 2 large spoons of flour. Add a tablespoon of granulated sugar to them. Everything is crushed with a blender or food processor until crumbly. It is very important that the mass is homogeneous.

The rest of the flour is mixed with salt. The composition contains chilled margarine, which can be replaced with butter if desired. Granulated sugar also comes here (100 g in total). The resulting mixture should be ground by hand. The crumb should be fine. Then honey and sour cream are added to it. The mass is stirred and an egg is driven into it.

The dough will need to be kneaded quickly. It needs to be rolled into a large bun, after which there is no need to wait at all. You can cut out the cookies and bake them right away.

On a note! If you don’t have time to work with dessert, you can wrap the dough ball in cling film and put it in the refrigerator. It is possible to continue working with it after a few hours or even a few days.

The dough should be rolled out into a layer. The optimal thickness is 4 mm. To cut out cookies, you can use hand-drawn templates (stencils) on cardboard or ready-made cutters.

Note! If you use stencils made from cardboard to form ginger Christmas cookies, first sprinkle the dough layer with flour. Otherwise the templates may stick.

The baking sheet is covered with parchment. Dough pieces are laid out on top. They need to be baked in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Baking time - 10 minutes. Cookies should be removed from the oven when they just begin to acquire a golden hue. It should cool on a flat work surface.

While the cookies are still bitter, they should be brushed with lightly beaten yolk (you can beat a whole egg). This will give the baked goods a glossy, attractive shine. Additionally, you can do icing.

Video recipes

If you use the proposed video instructions, then baking gingerbread cookies for New Year and Christmas will not be difficult for you: