Gingerbread

250 gr honey

75 gr sugar

25 gr butter

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

1 teaspoon of ginger

1 teaspoon of powdered cloves

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

450 gr flour

1/2 baking powder

1 egg + 1 egg white

100 gr icing sugar

Patrizia

Melt honey, sugar, butter and spices.

Pour onto the flour and the baking powder adding the egg.

Knead until smooth and form a ball to be put in the fridge for at least 4/5 hours.

Afterwards, roll the ball to a 1/2 cm height on a lightly floured surface and cut the shapes.

Bake at 170° for about 15 minutes.

When cool decorate them using a royal icing made with the icing sugar and half of the egg white adding silver balls , coloured decorations etc.