Ginger cookies

Preparation

1. We put the flour, salt, bicarbonate and spices (cinnamon, ginger and cloves) in the glass. We mix by programming 1 minute, speed 3. We take out of the glass and reserve.

2. We put the butter and sugar in the glass and mix 3 minutes, speed 2.

3. Add the egg and molasses or honey and mix 2 minutes, speed 3.

4. We also put in the glass the mixture that we have made before (flour already spiced with salt and bicarbonate) in one go. We mix 2 1/2 minutes, glass closed, spike speed.

5. We take the dough out of the glass and divide it into three parts. We cut 6 pieces of greaseproof paper because we are going to knead each of the parts between two sheets of paper, so it will not stick to the roller or the worktop.

6. For that, we put 1 paper on the top, a piece of dough (1/3) and another paper on top. We spread with the roller leaving all the dough with a thickness of 6 mm (approximately).

7. When we finish we put that sandwich on a flat surface (a serving tray, or oven, for example) and put it in the fridge.

8. We do the same with the other two pieces of dough and the other pieces of paper. When they are smooth, with 6 mm thick, we put them on the other sandwich that we had already made and put them in the fridge. They will be one on top of the other, on the tray.

9. We have to leave the dough in the fridge for at least two hours. You can make the dough at night and then cut and decorate the cookies the next day because it keeps in the fridge for up to 2 days.

10. To form the cookies, we take one of the dough sheets out of the fridge, remove the paper that covers it and cut with the pasta cutter. We cut as many cookies as possible. We place the cookies on the baking tray covered with baking paper, and decorate. In this step, imagination to power! The cuttings that we have left from decorating the cookies can be put in the fridge, wrapped in plastic wrap, so that, once we have cut all the plates, put them together, spread the new dough, refrigerate a little, and cut new shapes.

11. Once the first batch of cookies is decorated, we put them in the fridge a little (10 or 15 minutes). While we preheat the oven to 160º. When our little men have rested in the fridge, we take them out and bake (oven at 160º) for approximately 15 minutes.

12. We can take advantage of the baking time to cut and decorate new little men.

13. When we take the cookies out of the oven, we let them rest for a few minutes on the baking tray (if we take them immediately they can break us) and then we put them on a rack. As a rack you can use the one that usually comes in the ovens or the lifting rack of the microwave.

14. We follow the same process until all the cookies are baked.

15. If the kids have helped you, then it's time to pick up because your kitchen will be full of sugar balls… And, as a reward, these delicious little men who just need to speak to say… “eat me”.