Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing

Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing

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Decorated with Royal Icing A Gingerbread man is a biscuit made of gingerbread, usually in the shape of a man although ginger bread women are common too, as are cookies shaped according to seasonal themes (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc). The most exciting part, decorating! transfer some of your royal icing in a small bowl and color it with the brown food coloring. transfer to pastry bag or ziplock and cut a hole at the bottom of the bag. For Royal Icing: With a hand mixer, beat the egg whites with the lemon juice or extract until frothy. Add the sifted powdered sugar and beat on low speed until combined, smooth, and shiny.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have gingerbread man with royal icing using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing:
  1. Prepare Cookies:
  2. Make ready 3 cups all purpose flour
  3. Take 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  4. Prepare 3/4 tsp baking soda
  5. Get 1/4 tsp salt
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp ground ginger
  7. Get 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  8. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  9. Make ready 6 tbsp (85 gr) unsalted butter
  10. Prepare 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  11. Make ready 1 large egg
  12. Get 1/2 cup molases
  13. Get 2 tsp vanilla extract
  14. Make ready Royal icing:
  15. Prepare 110 gr icing sugar
  16. Get 8 gr meringue powder
  17. Make ready 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (or almond or lemon)
  18. Make ready 30-35 ml warm water

It should have a toothpaste-like consistency. With it, outline the area to keep the rest of the icing from falling over the cookie. In a large bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar with the egg whites until moistened. Add the water and whisk until smooth.

Steps to make Gingerbread Man with Royal Icing:
  1. Preheat oven at 375°F (190°C)
  2. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves. Sift and set aside
  3. Using hand mixer with medium-high speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. add the egg in and continue mixing until combined.
  4. Add in molases and vanilla extract, keep mixing with medium speed until combined.
  5. Gradually add the dry ingredients. Mix until no visible flour. Put the cookie dough inside a clingwrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least 1hour.
  6. Let the dough out from the fridge, and roll the dough on lightly flour countertop. Roll until about ¼inch thick and cut the dough using gingerbread man mold.
  7. Put on a baking tray and bake for 8-10minutes. Let cool.
  8. Royal icing: combine icing sugar, meringue powder, extract, and 30ml warm water in a medium bowl. Using hand mixer with high speed beat until stiff. If the icing too thick, add about 1tsp warm water and continue mixing for 1minute. Divide the icing and add food coloring. The icing is ready to use.
  9. Decorate the cookies with royal icing and set aside until the icing is hardened.

In a large bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar with the egg whites until moistened. Add the water and whisk until smooth. Decorate the cooled cookies with the icing, using a pastry bag with a. It's also ideal for making sugar decorations. Historically, royal icing covered fruitcake to keep it moist.

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