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Gingerbread

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 2 Gingerbreads, you will need:

1 250 g honey
2 120 g brown sugar
3 250 g flour
4 250 g rye flour
5 20 g baking powder
6 120 g butter
7 2 tablespoons rum
8 2 pinches salt
9 200 ml water
10 2 eggs
11 24 g gingerbread spice mix
Total weight: 1,364 grams

Change these quantities to make: 1 Gingerbread 2 Gingerbreads 3 Gingerbreads

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
19 min.	45 min.	1 hour 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.

Melt 120 g butter in a small pan on low heat, then set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

In another pan, put 250 g honey.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Heat 200 ml water and pour into pan with honey. Add 120 g brown sugar, mix well to dissolve, and add 2 tablespoons rum and a pinch of salt.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Pour this mixture into a food processor bowl, then add 250 g flour, 250 g rye flour and 20 g baking powder.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add 24 g gingerbread spice mix.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Then 2 eggs and melted butter, not too hot.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Switch on food processor (if you have a Kenwood, use the "K" Beater) and knead at slow speed 2 or 3 minutes, until mix is homogeneous.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Pour mixture into a cake mould, non-stick if possible.

Stage 9 - 40 min.

Cook for about 40 minutes.

Don't turn out immediately, but allow cool slightly first.

Remarks

Afficionados of ginger bread (like Robert) say that it's better not too fresh (the next day maybe), sliced and buttered.

Keeping

Several days in a towel bag.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,074 Kcal or 21,244 Kj	56 gr	494 gr	309 gr
254 %	21 %	47 %	47 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
372 Kcal or 1,557 Kj	4 gr	36 gr	23 gr
19 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 2 Gingerbreads : 5.80 €
Per Gingerbread : 2.90 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Rye flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Benoîton, Natural leaven, Jura bread, Lumberjack turnovers, Sandwich bread, ... All
	Honey: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Panettone, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Nougat, Hazelnut and orange cake, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kouign-amann brioche, Cantucci di Prato, Rabbit civet, Soft apple cookies, Escalopes in a sesame crust, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stewed apricots, Stewed plums, Pistachio powder or paste, Olive and pesto bread, Langoustine gratin, ... All

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