How to Make Gingerbread – The Victorian Way

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor while margarine can reduce costs.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed, while white sugar is often cheaper.

molasses

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: maple syrup

Honey offers a natural sweetness, while maple syrup can be more affordable.

powdered sugar

🥗Healthier: stevia

💰Cheaper: granulated sugar

Stevia reduces calories, while granulated sugar is a common substitute.

Add a quarter of an egg that has been very well beaten to a bowl.

Add more sugar than the original recipe calls for.

Incorporate ground ginger, allspice, mace, and less ground cloves than the recipe suggests.

Add finely crushed coriander seeds and caraway seeds to the mixture.

Mix all the ingredients well together.

Add melted butter to the mixture.

Gradually add enough flour until the dough can be worked with.

Roll the dough into a ball and pat it down on a tray to form little ginger biscuits.

Fill the tray with the ginger biscuits and set the rest of the dough aside.

Leave the mix to rest for at least a day.

Place the biscuits in a moderate oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

Use a mold to create a Christmas tree decoration from the dough.

Lay the molded dough on a buttered baking tray and place it in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Once cooled, create a hole in the decoration and thread a ribbon through it.

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