member logon   about the Circus   search for recipes   print this recipe   mimi's cyber kitchen
free registration   member pages   what's new   email this recipe   discussion boards
Email to Adrienne Brundage      

Recipe Categories:

    The Pym Sisters' Gilded Gingerbread


    Source of Recipe


    Aunt Dimity, Detective


    Recipe Introduction


    Oven: 300 degrees
    Yield: 15 cookies


    List of Ingredients


    • 1 c dark brown sugar
    • 1/3 c honey
    • grated rind of one lemon
    • 6 Gbs butter, diced
    • 2 c unbleached flour
    • 1/2 tsp baking powder
    • 2 tsp ground ginger
    • 1 egg white, unbeaten
    • edible gold leaf (available at craft stores)


    Instructions


    1. Butter two baking sheets. Warm sugar, honey and lemon rind slowly over low heat until sugar has dissolved.
    2. Simmer for 5 more minutes.
    3. Add butter to the hot pan. Stir until it melts. Remove from heat.
    4. Stir in flour, baking powder, and ginger. Mix to a fairly stiff dough and roll dough out thinly on a floured board. Cut to desired shape.
    5. Transfer cookies to baking sheets with a spatula. Bake for 20 minutes. Place on wire rack to cool.
    6. When cool, use unbeaten egg white as glue to attache edible gold leaf in desired pattern.


 

 

 

previous page | recipe circus home page | member pages
mimi's cyber kitchen |