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Craft Crib Gingerbread Recipe

Construction Grade Gingerbread

Ingredients
  

  • 2 C granulated sugar
  • 1/2 C honey
  • 1 TBS warm water
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 TBS ground ginger
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp cloves
  • 6 C flour

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
  • Pour sugar into mixer
  • Heat honey in the microwave for 20-30 seconds, then pour onto sugar
  • Mix until combined
  • Add water and eggs
  • Mix until combined, scraping the sides as you go
  • Add ginger, cinnamon, and cloves
  • Mix until combined, scraping the sides as you go
  • Add flour one cup at a time
  • Mix until smooth
  • Switch your mixer to a dough hook and continue to mix
  • Add more flour if needed, until the dough starts to separate itself from the sides of the bowl
  • Remove dough from bowl and put into a gallon ziplock bag
  • Refrigerate for an hour (optional but recommended)
  • Flour the surface of a baking mat and start rolling the dough out
  • Use a flour duster if it's sticky
  • Roll until flat and cut out your gingerbread pieces
  • Bake the pieces at 325 degrees F for 15-20 minutes, rolling the dough once after 10 minutes
  • When the pieces are firm, remove them from the oven, lay them on a flat surface, then put the pan on top of them so they cool nice and flat
  • Build and decorate!