Gingerbread cookies for the new year

New Year’s gingerbread cookies are a good treat for guests and family alike. It is not too cloying and has a spicy taste, and the aroma of cinnamon and cloves will spread throughout the house..

Composition

Prepare 2 eggs, 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 100 g margarine, a glass of sugar. From spices you will need a tablespoon of ground ginger, tea cinnamon, 3 clove buds, already crushed, and a package of vanillin.

Steps

Sift flour, add baking powder. Add ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and vanillin. Mix everything thoroughly.

Soften the margarine in advance, beat it with eggs and sugar. This can be done with a whisk or mixer. When everything is mixed, add flour.

The consistency of the dough should not be too thick. Form a ball out of it and refrigerate for 2 hours.

After cooling, roll out the dough to 5 mm and you can cut the figures.

When the figurines are ready, line the baking sheet with paper, grease it with butter (butter) and lay out all the figurines. Do not be afraid to spread it tightly, it is enough to leave 2 cm between the cookies, they will not grow much at the end of baking.

You need to bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.

As a result, for the specified amount of ingredients, you get 80 pieces..

Icing for cookies

To prepare the icing for the cookies, whisk the icing sugar with the protein, and the powdered sugar must be added gradually, bringing the mixture to a dense homogeneous mass..

Put the cream in a pastry syringe or use a simple food bag.

Some of the figures can be painted along the contour, and some can be filled completely. Before the icing cools down, have time to fix the cake balls.

The frosting takes half an hour to dry, so place the cookies on flat plates..

Where to get templates

Just in case you can’t find cookie figurines, you can always make your own. Take a tin can, cut a thin strip and bend until you get the desired figure.

Alternatively, you can cut the figurine out on thick cardboard, and then use a thin knife to cut along the contour on the dough. It also turns out very neatly, but, however, longer.

Good luck creating your little masterpieces. ��