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Gingerbread

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

Keywords for this recipe:Bread Ginerbread Christmas Rye

For 1 Gingerbread, you will need:

0 4.4 oz honey
1 2.1 oz brown sugar
2 6.9 oz flour
3 6.9 oz rye flour
4 0.4 oz baking powder
5 2.2 oz butter
6 1 tablespoon rum
7 1 pinch salt
8 3.5 oz water
9 1 egg
10 0.4 oz gingerbread spice mix

Change these quantities to make: 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.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F.

Melt 2.2 oz butter in a small pan on low heat, then set aside.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

In another pan, put 4.4 oz honey.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

Heat 3.5 oz water and pour into pan with honey. Add 2.1 oz 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 6.9 oz flour, 6.9 oz rye flour and 0.4 oz baking powder.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Add 0.4 oz 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.

Keeping

Several days in a towel bag.

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.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bechamel sauce, Oatmeal cake, Kouign-amann, Toasted almond cake, Cheese tart, ... All
	Rye flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Natural leaven, Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Benoîton, Jura bread, Sandwich bread, ... All
	Honey: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Hazelnut and orange cake, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Nougat, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), Nonettes, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Turban of sole with langoustines, Pilau rice, Eggs meurette, Sorrel soup, Ali Baba bread, ... All

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