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• Children's party
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Gingerbread cookies in the shape of people are a very popular edible decoration for Christmas trees in the United States (the United States of America is a country in North America) . These gingerbread cookies look very elegant, festive, and most importantly, the children are simply in ecstasy over them (and not only ).
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Gingerbread recipe the men are, in fact, identical to the making of gingerbread shortbread;
Such sweets are indescribably tasty, apparently due to the rather huge amount of honey. I found this recipe on the website “Magic Cook”.

Ingredients

general information

Complexity

Average

Step-by-step recipe with photos

1. Combine oil, salt, soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.

2. Add sweet sand and honey, beat.

3. Add the egg, cooled coffee brewed in 2 tablespoons of boiling water (I replaced the coffee with an echinacea drink ), 1.5-2 cups of flour and continue beating.

4. Add the remaining flour and knead the dough with your hands (it comes out dense).

5. Wrap in cling film and put in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight (that is, the dark time of the day) (I left it overnight (that is, the dark time of the day) ).

6. Roll out the dough on a floured board.

We cut out huge or small gingerbread men using cookie cutters or cardboard templates. I don't have such a notch . My daughter made a template out of cardboard . I used it

From this amount of dough I got 27 people, 2 stars and one ball

7. Transfer to a baking sheet. Bake at 160°C for 15 minutes.

8. Take out the finished cookies, place them on the table and leave to cool.

9. For the glaze , beat the whites into a strong foam.

10. Then add powder and continue beating until creamy.

11. After this, add lemon juice and mix thoroughly.

12. Using a pastry bag (I have a thick bag) or a syringe, apply the icing (decorate the little people): draw mouths, noses, panties, etc.

13. Next, place them on a baking sheet and lightly dry the glaze (do not bake!) in a hot oven. For me, the glaze froze on its own ..

In the gingerbread men prepared according to this recipe, you can create holes at the top for threading bright threads through them to hang on a Christmas tree or simply place them in a large spread along with other sweets - candies, cakes, sweet pies, etc.

Bon appetit everyone.
And happy holidays.

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Gingerbread men

Ingredients

Premium wheat flour – 500 g

Butter – 120 g

Baking powder – 1 tsp.

Spices for gingerbread - 3 tbsp.

Decoration:

White from a large egg - 1 pc.

Sweet powder – 210 g

• 363 kcal
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• 1 hour 30 minutes

• B: 5.2
• AND: 8.6
• U: 66.9

Photo of the finished dish

Step-by-step recipe with photos

The most delicious and most attractive festive attribute for the New Year and Christmas are, naturally, gingerbread and gingerbread cookies in the form of various figures. Particularly popular are gingerbread houses, snowflakes, cookies for decorating the Christmas tree and, of course, gingerbread men, which children adore so much.

Making gingerbread men is not that difficult, the main thing is to have time, patience and one or two assistants - with them things will go much faster)))

To make gingerbread men, prepare the products according to the list. In this recipe, I used the dough I spied in one program about gingerbread cookies, which is special because both soda and baking powder are used for loosening. This method allows you to create a dough with only a pleasant texture, because leavening occurs on two fronts: first, soda combines with the acids of honey, then at high temperatures the baking powder begins its work.

Mix honey with sugar, spices, salt, oil and soda in a bowl. Melt the mixture evenly over low heat until foam appears on the surface.

Cool the mixture to a temperature of approximately 40 degrees, then mix with flour, egg and baking powder.

Knead with your hands into a soft, tender and elastic dough.

Roll out the dough into a layer about 0.5 cm wide. Using a special mold (or using cardboard blanks), cut out the shapes of people.

In preheated to 200 degrees. In the oven, bake the shapes for 8 to 12 minutes, depending on the size. Carefully transfer to a tray or plate and cool.

While the figures are cooling, prepare the glaze. To do this, prepare the necessary ingredients and tools. I used natural dyes from chlorophyll, curcumin and beets.

Prepare glaze from protein and sweet powder, divide it into 4 parts and color with food coloring. Place in bags and secure with something on top, I use obvious clothespins or paper clips - it’s very convenient!

Decorate the cooled shapes with colored glaze and let it harden.

Gingerbread men are ready. Happy holidays!

DIY Gingerbread Man: use a template or recipe

Each country has its own traditions regarding how to celebrate New Year and Christmas.

Honey gingerbreads were very popular in Rus', but the Christmas traditions of Western Europe are indivisibly connected with gingerbread houses and funny figures made from ginger dough. The Gingerbread Man is now not just a fairy tale hero, but a whole sign of Christmas, just like Santa Claus and his reindeer. It can be found not only in the culinary department of hypermarkets, but also sold as Christmas tree decorations or just souvenirs. If you want, then it’s not difficult to create a Gingerbread Man with your own hands, just have a little patience.

Cut out and color according to the template

This image captured the gigantic love among modern children not without the help of the cartoon “Shrek”, where the comical character Gingy is found.

We suggest creating your own Gingerbread Man, or Gingerbread, based on the template, which will decorate any New Year tree.

Let's use the following template. Carefully cut it out of cardboard and draw eyes, mouth and nose on the figure.

You can also cut out two parts of the figure from felt, and later sew them and stuff them with cotton wool - you will get a soft toy for the Christmas tree. Now all that remains is to instruct the child to paint our Pryanya with a brush and apply decorated buttons on it (you can draw it, or you can stick ready-made ones).

More examples of ready-made Gingerbread Man figurines made from felt can be seen in the photo below.

Now you can use it not only as a decoration for the Christmas tree, but also create a lot of joyful tasks with it.

Draw the Gingerbread Man's path through the forest, tell what animals he met on his way (these words are cow, horse, fox). Animal figures can also be cut out of felt or cardboard. While completing the task, the child repeats the names of animals in British and learns to compose ordinary sentences like “Gingerbread Man met a horse on his way...”

Cooking the Gingerbread Man in the oven

Cookies in the shape of people were often prepared by housewives in Great Britain not only for Christmas, but also for Easter, and even for Halloween. Funny figures became especially popular during the time of Elizabeth 1, at whose court ginger cookies were made, reminiscent in shape of the queen’s principle guests.

The world's largest gingerbread man was made on November 9, 2009 in Oslo. It was prepared by Ikea, and its weight was about 650 kg.

To make a man from ginger dough according to the recipe, we will need the following components:

• flour - 5-6 glasses;
• soda (quench with vinegar or lemon juice) - 2 tsp;
• ground ginger - 2 tsp;
• cinnamon - 1 tsp;
• cloves or other spices - 0.5 tsp;
• salt - 0.5 tsp;
• sugar - 1 glass;
• molasses (can be replaced with honey) – 1 cup;
• margarine or butter – 200 g;
• 5 tbsp. l. strong coffee;
• eggs – 2 pcs.

And here is the recipe for the Gingerbread Man.
First, mix the dry ingredients: flour, salt, spices, soda or baking powder.
In a separate container, combine the melted butter with honey and sugar and beat with a mixer. Add eggs, coffee, half the flour and mix everything with a mixer. The second half of the flour is added to the resulting mixture, but the dough will already become dense, so you will have to knead it further with your hands. With all this, you need to look at the density of the dough. If it seems very loose, then you need to add a little more flour. The photo clearly shows what kind of mixture the dough for the Gingerbread Man should be.

Now the dough needs to be wrapped in cling film and put in the refrigerator for 2 hours, after which you can start rolling out the dough and cutting out figures.
You can purchase ready-made forms in the store or use the template suggested above. At this moment, the children will happily help you sculpt funny little people and invent their own names. Make sure that the dough is rolled out moderately (about 0.5 cm wide).

If you want to use little people to decorate your Christmas tree, then now you need to create small holes in the upper part of the cookies.
The finished figures need to be baked for about 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Pay close attention to the condition of the cookies so that they do not burn. Separately prepare the icing for the Gingerbread Man. The white is carefully separated from the yolk and whipped into a strong foam in a glass or enamel bowl. Add sugar here and beat further. Lemon juice will give our glaze extra durability.

The ingredients for the glaze (1 egg, 2 tbsp lemon juice and 250 g of sweet powder) are universal and this glaze can be used not only for decorating gingerbread men or houses, but also for coating beads or cakes.

You can decorate the little people using a pastry syringe according to your own taste and desire.
Usually hair, eyes, mouths, noses, buttons, shoes, etc. are drawn on the figures. It all depends on your imagination. For decoration, you can use not only icing, but also melted chocolate, also raisins or decorative sprinkles.

Applying glaze can be not only interesting, but also a learning activity for children. After all, when, if not at this moment, can you repeat with your baby the names of parts of the face and body, as well as clothes: hair, head, hands, legs, mouth, eyes, nose, dress, boots.

The crowned products should be slightly dried in a switched off but still hot oven. After cooling, the figures can be used both to decorate a New Year tree or a festive table, and as sweet gifts for small guests. How curious it will be for children to watch a video of a fairy tale about the Gingerbread Man, holding homemade cookies in their hands!

Watch the video on how to prepare and decorate Ginger Dough Men

The Parable of the Gingerbread Man

Gingerbread men

All children demand the gingerbread man after watching the cartoon “Shrek”, because in the cartoon children get to know this funny character for the first time.

Gingerbread cookies in the shape of people are a very popular edible decoration for Christmas trees in the United States (the United States of America is a country in North America) .

The gingerbread man recipe can also be used to assemble a cake in the form of a fairy-tale house or hut. The gingerbread cookies look very elegant, festive, and the most important thing is that the children are simply in ecstasy from the little people.

Advice from the Magic Cook. Treat your kids this New Year and give them the opportunity to create gingerbread men with their own hands.

The kids love to take part in making gingerbread cookies; they independently prepare templates for boys and girls - they like it better that way.

The recipe for gingerbread men and making shortbread gingerbread are identical - these traditional gingerbread cookies are indescribably delicious, apparently due to the rather huge amount of honey.

All honey baked goods have their own unique taste and smell, and if you add your favorite spices to the honey dough, your home will smell like a holiday and a Christmas tree after making Christmas baked goods.

Ingredients for Gingerbread Men Recipe for Christmas

• wheat flour – 5 cups;
• vegetable oil - 1 cup or butter (margarine);
• granulated sugar – 1 cup;
• honey or molasses – 1 glass;
• instant coffee – 1 tbsp;
• chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
• salt – 0.5 tsp;
• baking soda – 3 tsp;
• ground ginger – 2 tsp;
• cinnamon – 2 tsp;
• cloves (powder) – 1 tsp.

Icing for gingerbread men recipe

• testicle – 1 pc.;
• lemon juice – 2 tbsp;
• sweet powder – 250 g.

Traditional gingerbread men recipe

1. Combine oil, salt, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
2. Add sweet sand and honey, beat.
3. Add eggs, cooled brewed coffee (in 4 tablespoons of boiling water), 3-4 cups of flour and continue beating.
4. Add the remaining flour and knead the dough with your hands (it comes out firm).
5. Wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight (that is, in the dark) .
6. Roll out the dough on a floured board. We cut out huge and small gingerbread men using cookie cutters or cardboard templates.
7. Transfer to a baking sheet. Bake at 160 o C for 10-13 minutes for small cookies and 15-20 for larger ones.
8. Take out the finished cookies, place them on the table and leave to cool.
9. For the glaze, separate the white from the yolk and beat it into a strong foam.
10. Then add powder and continue beating until creamy.
11. After this, add lemon juice and mix thoroughly.
12. Using a pastry bag or syringe, we apply icing (we decorate the little people): we draw mouths, noses, panties, dresses, etc. for them.
13. Next, place them on a baking sheet and lightly dry the glaze (do not bake!) in a hot oven.

In the gingerbread men prepared according to this recipe, you can create holes at the top for threading through their bright threads to hang on a Christmas tree or simply place them in a large spread along with other sweets - candies, cakes, sweet pies, donuts.