Honey and Walnut Gingerbread
- Yield 12 pieces
- Prep 20 mins
- Cook 30 mins
Ingredients
- For the dough
- 250 grams liquid honey
- 175 grams oleo
- 125 grams brown sugar
- 100 grams California walnuts
- 350 grams flour
- 3 teaspoons gingerbread spice
- 1/2 -- sachet baking powder
- 2 -- eggs
- 150 grams dried exotic fruits mix
- For decoration
- 125 grams icing sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons water
- 40 grams California walnuts
- -- candied cherries
Instructions
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Put honey, oleo and sugar in a pot and boil up. Let cool down a bit.
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Chop walnuts very finely. Mix flour, gingerbread spice and baking powder in a bowl. Add eggs, walnuts and the honey mixture and stir until you have a smooth dough. Put aside some dried fruit pieces for decoration. Chop the rest of the dried fruits and mix them with the dough.
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Put baking paper on a baking tray (ca. 32 x 24 cm, if the tray is too small please use a baking frame) and flatten. Bake the dough in the preheated oven at 180C (Gas: 2-3, recirculation air: 160C) for 30-35 min. Let it cool down.
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Mix icing sugar and water and stir until you have a smooth glaze. Chop walnuts.
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Cut candied cherries and the rest of the exotic dried fruits to small pieces. Cut the gingerbread into 12 pieces. Cover with glaze and decorate with walnuts and dried fruits.
