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Polish Gingerbread (Pierniczki)

Polish Gingerbread (Pierniczki)
I was given this recipe by a Polish friend a few years back and have been enjoying these biscuits since. I hope you like them as much as I do and please feel free to contact me with any comments or suggestions. To the recipe, Boy Wonder!

To make 80 - 100 biscuits (yield depends on size of cookie cutter), you will need:

Ingredients
1200g plain flour, sieved
400g caster sugar
250g set honey
500g cooking margarine
4 eggs, whisked thoroughly
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
3 teaspoons freeze-dried coffee
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons mixed spice
50g cocoa powder

Equipment
1 large mixing bowl
1 medium-sized saucepan
2-4 greased (with cooking margarine) baking trays
2-4 cooling racks
1 rolling pin
Scales
1 cookie cutter
 
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Step 1Melting

Melting
In the saucepan mix together the honey, cooking margarine, freeze-dried coffee, cinnamon, mixed spice and cocoa powder. Heat on a hob until melted into a deep brown liquid and remove from the heat to cool.
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10 comments
Jul 1, 2011. 9:10 AMmisko13 says:
Thanks a lot for this recipe. My father is polish and everytime he came back from Poland he carried lots of pierniczki for me. They look delicious, I'm gonna try this right now!!
Dec 23, 2008. 7:05 AMriku-riku-chan says:
this is my own ignorance showing, i'm sure... but what is "set" honey? "caster" sugar? and what do you mean by "mixed spice"? i know allspice and pumpkin pie spice... am i getting close? i also need to find a conversion site so i can figure how many to turn grams into (approximate) cups!
Dec 23, 2008. 1:37 PMriku-riku-chan says:
thanks! i appreciate the replies!
Dec 23, 2008. 7:06 AMriku-riku-chan says:
what's a hob? i'm vocabulary - ignorant on this one!
Oct 21, 2008. 2:43 PMcanida says:
Those look good! What kind of icing would you use if so inclined?
Nov 8, 2008. 5:56 PMPhoghat says:
1 cup powdered sugar lemon juice water enough to make a thick fluid mix and pour into a small zip lock sandwich bag and cut a corner (not too much) off with sharp scissors. Drizzle on cookies.

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