Brown sugar Mistral is best for cakes because it has a nice caramel flavor... mmmmm... Mistral

Take for the pastry brown sugar, a spoonful of fragrant honey, a spoonful of ginger jam, margarine (carefully read the composition of the package and take the fats of vegetable origin), flour and your favorite spices (corecco, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, orange peel). Please in any case do not buy already ground! and in no case do not buy ready mix! Do not be lazy to spend a bit of time and grind the spices yourself in a mortar or scrape with a knife. The difference in the taste and smell is enormous.

In Turku (or small saucepan) put honey, jam, margarine and sugar. Put the mixture on small fire and stir constantly until the sugar is dissolved. Add the spices and enjoy the divine aroma of hot honey and spices) Turku, Leave it to cool a bit.

Gradually add the fragrant mixture of sifted flour mixed with soda, and knead a tight dough. Refrigerate for an hour. The Board will preporuciti flour, grab a rolling pin (I have the role of rolling pins usually have a pistil) and roll out the dough to 5 millimeters.

Now you can call to the kitchen, friends, children, friends children, friends children ) to Take the molds for cookies (I have an old Soviet as I can remember, they always have been) and cut gingerbread) is a friendly and fun activity for the whole family! with children to do it especially great!)

On the tray lay a sheet of baking paper and brush with a thin layer of margarine. All together, carefully put the gingerbread on a distance of 1-2 cm from each other. And put in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Cakes are baked very quickly! Don't forget to watch them!

Remove the pan from the oven... mmmm... the kind of flavor from gingerbread) it to cool a bit.

While cakes cool, make the glaze. Dilute food coloring in a couple tablespoons of lemon juice (you can use drinking water, I just prefer lemon icing), stir in the powdered sugar and mix this slurry is to much spread. Pour the glaze in a cooking bag. P. S. White icing made from powder and juice just without the dye.

Now you can draw) Is a very fun and exciting) and the children from this process, just love it! It is possible to make droplets of beads, flowers, trace the outline, draw the stripes - everything! Create!) Leave the glaze to dry for an hour) Then put the cakes in a metal box for cookies. Store the gingerbread is good, but eat them faster)