Cookbook:Nuremberg Gingerbread

Recipe for gingerbread from Germany.

Ingredients

 * 500 g honey
 * 250 g granulated sugar
 * 150 g flour
 * 1 tsp cloves, ground
 * 1 tsp nutmeg
 * 1 tsp cardamom
 * 1 tbsp cinnamon
 * 1 pinch of ground ginger
 * Grated zest of 1 orange
 * Grated zest of 1 lemon
 * 200 g chopped hazelnuts
 * 50 g lemon flavoring
 * 50 g orange flavoring
 * Gingerbread wafers
 * 1 packet of baking powder

Procedure

 * 1) Bring the honey and sugar to the boil in a saucepan while stirring. Remove from the heat and let cool.
 * 2) Sift the flour into a bowl.
 * 3) Stir in the remaining ingredients.
 * 4) Pour the honey mixture, then the baking powder into the flour. Stir and knead the dough until it cools down.
 * 5) Roll out the dough.
 * 6) Cut out the dough, and place on the gingerbread wafers.
 * 7) Decorate with an almond, and transfer to a baking sheet.
 * 8) Let cool for about a day
 * 9) Bake at 180 °C for 15–20 minutes