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Gingerbread

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 1 Gingerbread, you will need:

1 125 g honey
2 60 g brown sugar
3 125 g flour
4 125 g rye flour
5 10 g baking powder
6 60 g butter
7 1 tablespoon rum
8 1 pinch salt
9 100 ml water
10 1 egg
11 12 g gingerbread spice mix
Total weight: 682 grams

Change those ingredients for: 1 Gingerbread 2 Gingerbreads 3 Gingerbreads

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

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

Keeping: Several days in a towel bag.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.

Melt 60 g butter in a small pan on low heat, then set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

In another pan, put 125 g honey.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Heat 100 ml water and pour into pan with honey. Add 60 g brown sugar, mix well to dissolve, and add 1 tablespoon rum and a pinch of salt.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Pour this mixture into a food processor bowl, then add 125 g flour, 125 g rye flour and 10 g baking powder.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add 12 g gingerbread spice mix.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Then 1 egg 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,537 Kcal or 10,622 Kj	28 gr	247 gr	154 gr
127 %	11 %	23 %	23 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 Gingerbread : 2.90 €

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Source

Home made.

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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: Lumberjack turnovers, Sandwich bread, Jura bread, Natural leaven, Benoîton, ... All
	Honey: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), Hazelnut and orange cake, Panettone, Nougat, Chocolate madeleines, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Nantais, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, Coq au vin, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nonettes, Ali Baba bread, Turnip top soup, How to fry eggs well, Leavened bread, ... All

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