December 21, 2021, 3:35 pm | Read time: 2 minutes
Anyone can buy! How about homemade gingerbread for this year’s Christmas celebration? In our new episode of “myHOMEBOOK Bakery,” Mara shares her recipe for this popular holiday treat. Enjoy baking along!
The special thing about Elisenlebkuchen, as the finest gingerbread is also known, is that it doesn’t require any flour. This makes them particularly moist and soft. You’ll need a variety of other ingredients, which Mara from Mara’s Wonderland also presents in our video. She also explains the proper way to bake gingerbread.
Baking Gingerbread – Ingredients for the Holiday Treat
The following ingredients are needed if you want to bake gingerbread yourself:
- 200g hazelnuts, roasted and ground
- 200g almonds, roasted and ground
- 50g walnuts, roasted and chopped
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100g dates, chopped
- Zest of one organic lemon
- Zest of one organic orange
- 1 tsp gingerbread spice
- 50g sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1.5 tbsp rum (optional)
- 2 tbsp almond butter (40g)
- 65g honey or maple syrup
- 2 eggs
For the Glaze:
- 150g dark chocolate
- 15g butter
- 16 wafers
- Almonds without skin for decoration
Gingerbread Recipe to Bake Along
Here’s how: Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix. Then add the liquid ingredients. Beat the eggs in the machine and add them – the dough is ready. Use a spoon to place the dough on the wafers and press down with your fingers. Then bake at 170 degrees for 15 minutes (top and bottom heat) in the oven. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate with a bit of butter in a water bath. After taking the wafers with the dough out of the oven, simply coat them with the chocolate and decorate with almonds. Enjoy baking and tasting!