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Dessert - Russian Gingerbread
Here’s a festive holiday treat from the land of the Nutcracker ballet, onion-domed churches and riding through sparkling snowy forests on a three-horse sleigh called a troika!
Ingredients:
30 grams or 1 ounce of butter
175 grams or 6 ounces of honey
175 grams or 6 ounces of Jam
1 egg
225 grams or 8 ounces of plain flour
60 grams or 2 ounces of icing sugar
1-quarter of a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
1-quarter of a teaspoon of ground cardamom, ginger and cinnamon
1 tablespoon of crushed blanched almonds
2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
Directions:
Cream the butter and honey in a bowl. Add in the egg then beat. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda, spices and almonds, mix well. Add in enough flour to make a soft dough. Cover with grease-proof paper, and refrigerate for 60 minutes. Preheat oven to (180 DEGREES CELSIUS ), (350 DEGREES Fahrenheit ), Gas Mark 4. Lightly flour a board, turn dough out, roll out to 1-third of a centimeter or 1-eighth of an inch thick. Cut out rounds with a 6centimeter or 2 & 1 half inch biscuit cutter. Split the circles up into two. Spread jam on one half, and cover with the other half. Seal the edges with finger tips. Place on a greased baking tray, bake for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to (170 DEGREES CELSIUS ) or (325 DEGREES Fahrenheit ), Gas Mark 3 bake for 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Mix the lemon juice with the icing sugar, then pour over cooled biscuits.
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