What Christmas pastry do you prefer? Is it Christmas Cake, Austrian Stollen or Italian Panettone? All this kinds of bakery are very interesting and tasty, but now I want to share with you homemade ginger cookies recipe!
![Christmas ginger cookies Christmas ginger cookies](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-15.jpg)
This yummy, aromatic ginger cookies with a lot of different spices are looking very festively and will be a fine gift for children and your friends!
![homemade ginger cookies homemade ginger cookies](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-14.jpg)
Ingredients:
![ingredients for ginger cookies ingredients for ginger cookies](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-1.jpg)
- 100 g butter
- 100 g sugar
- 100 g liquid honey
- 1 yolk
- 260-290 g flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground clove
- 0,5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 0,5 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 0,5 teaspoon salt
- 0,5 teaspoon baking soda
- 0,5 teaspoon baking powder
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 200 g sugar powder
You may take molasses instead of honey.
Softened butter whisk or grind with sugar.
![grind butter with sugar grind butter with sugar](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-3.jpg)
Add the yolk and the honey. Stir with spoon.
![add yolk and honey add yolk and honey](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-4.jpg)
Sift the flour with spices, soda and baking powder, add salt.
![add flour and spices add flour and spices](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-6.jpg)
Knead the dough. It must be soft but not sticky. Form a disk and put the dough to a fridge for 1-1,5 hour or for tomorrow.
![dough for ginger cookies dough for ginger cookies](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-7.jpg)
Preheat the oven to 180 C (356 F).
Divide the dough in 2 parts. One of it roll between two sheets of baking paper to a layer 0,5 cm thick.
![roll the dough roll the dough](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-8.jpg)
Make cookies by different cookie cutters like Christmas trees, bells, deer and horses, even sleigh and bags with gifts!
![how to make cookies by cookie cutters how to make cookies by cookie cutters](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-9.jpg)
Place the cookies on the baking tray covered with baking paper, left distance between cookies in 1-2 cm.
![put cookies on a tray put cookies on a tray](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-10.jpg)
Bake ginger cookies during 10-15 minutes – total time depend of your oven. Cookies must become light golden color. If you will bake it longer, it become golden brown and will be harder.
![bake ginger cookies bake ginger cookies](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-11.jpg)
Replace cookies on a table and let them cool. Meanwhile make the sugar lemon icing for decorating. Mix sugar powder with lemon juice to required consistence.
![make lemon icing make lemon icing](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-12.jpg)
Put the glaze into a pastry bag, cut the corner and draw diverse pattern on the cookies.
![decorate the cookies decorate the cookies](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-13.jpg)
Let the icing to freeze, and homemade ginger cookies are ready!
![easy ginger cookies recipe easy ginger cookies recipe](https://recipes-by-yulietta.com/uploads/_pages/16/ginger-cookies-16.jpg)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You, Your family and friends!