Hearing the word “ ”, this dish of Russian folk cuisine immediately comes to mind. Preparing this pastry couldn't be easier. In addition, now you can choose many interesting combinations of seemingly simple ingredients that will make your gingerbread even more delicious.
Kovrizhka - a dish of Russian cuisine
Gingerbread, a recipe that each housewife has her own, can be an excellent dessert not only on a holiday, but also on an everyday day. For example, honey gingerbread with cinnamon is prepared according to such a simple recipe.
You will need ingredients:
- milk or kefir - 1 tbsp.
- eggs – 2 pcs.
- raisins, cinnamon – 1 tsp.
- soda – 1 tsp.
- sugar – 1 tbsp.
- honey - 1 tbsp.
- vanilla powder – 1 tsp.
Preparing the gingerbread begins by thoroughly grinding the eggs with sugar and vanilla powder. After this, the remaining products are added. The resulting mixture is thoroughly beaten with a whisk or mixer. Now you need to put the dough in baking dishes, previously greased with margarine or butter, and place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for thirty minutes. Before you prepare the gingerbread, decide on its filling. After all, raisins, candied fruits, and nuts can play its role.
In a modern interpretation, the baked goods can be topped with melted chocolate or sprinkled with coconut flakes. Some housewives bake gingerbreads consisting of two identical layers and smeared between each other with jam, marmalade or hot chocolate.
By the way, this cooking option is close to the original Russian method of preparing these gingerbread cookies.
Recipe for honey gingerbread in the video:
Taste of childhood
Besides the fact that gingerbread is an original Russian dish, for many of us it is associated with childhood. The gingerbread is an echo from a carefree and cheerful childhood, when my mother cooked gingerbread on weekends, and the smell from the kitchen spread not only throughout the apartment, but also throughout the entire entrance. Everyone knew that we had something delicious today. I immediately remember the evenings when the whole family gathered in the kitchen and my mother put a dish with apple gingerbread on the table and poured herbal tea for everyone. How delicious it was! Pieces of gingerbread sprinkled with powdered sugar melted in your mouth.
Modern life flies by very quickly and there is no time to prepare all sorts of delicious things for children. But sometimes you want to pamper your homemade apple gingerbread, prepared according to your mother’s recipe.
To prepare apple gingerbread we need the following ingredients:
- about a glass of granulated sugar
- half tbsp. honey
- pre-melted in a water bath
- 2 tbsp. sunflower oil
- half a cup of chopped nuts
- 2 large apples
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 1 tsp soda
- extinguished with vinegar
- half a glass of sour cream
When all the ingredients are ready, you can begin the most interesting part - the cooking process. In order for the gingerbread to be as light as a feather, the flour must be sifted. Then mix the sifted flour with soda, quenched with vinegar, sour cream and cinnamon. Mix everything well. You can't rush and be lazy. Everything must be done very carefully, because the taste of the product depends on how well all the ingredients are mixed. Next, we take honey, which we previously melted in a water bath and add to our mixture. Mix everything well again. Now you can add the nuts. Mix everything again.
Ours is ready. If everything is done correctly, the dough will have the appearance of thick sour cream. Now set the bowl with the dough aside. It should sit for a bit and rest. This is very important for getting yummy gingerbread! While the dough is resting, you can start preparing the baking dish. The mold can be covered with baking paper, or you can thoroughly grease it with either sunflower oil or margarine. Carefully pour our dough into the mold. Again, set it aside for about five minutes.
In the meantime, let's get to our apples. Apples need to be mashed and peeled and cored. Cut them into beautiful slices of medium thickness. We place our apples on top of the dough in the form of a fan in a circle. Of course, each housewife chooses her own version of decoration, which she considers beautiful and necessary. There can be no specific rules or requirements here. But the fact that the oven must be preheated to a temperature of 180 degrees is a prerequisite, otherwise our dough will not rise and the gingerbread will be flat, like a rug. The form with the dough is in the oven for 30 - 40 minutes. Now you can pull it out and test its readiness with a wooden skewer or match: pierce the gingerbread in several places. If the dough does not stick to the skewer, then everything is ready. If there is any dough left, you need to keep the pan in the oven a little longer. But be careful. After keeping the pan in the oven for an extra 3 to 5 minutes, you will get not a gingerbread, but a burnt mat.
When everything is ready, cover the pan with a clean towel and leave it alone until it cools completely. Thus, the gingerbread will easily move away from the mold and will not break. The finished gingerbread can be cut into portions and sprinkled with powdered sugar on top. That's all.
Bon appetit!
Today, those with a sweet tooth do not need to “bother” with preparing homemade baked goods. The stores provide a huge selection of various confectionery products for every taste. But are they all harmless to health? Many housewives prefer to feed their family exclusively homemade food, including desserts. Do-it-yourself sweets are guaranteed to contain no preservatives or other harmful substances. You can safely treat yourself to such a delicacy, and even more so offer it to children.
Gingerbread is the simplest pastry that can be easily prepared using honey, kefir or jam.
From the history
Korizhka is a delicious confectionery product made from gingerbread dough. The delicacy comes in different sizes: from very small to huge - almost one and a half meters in length, up to 10 cm in height and up to a meter in width. The weight of the pie sometimes exceeds a pound. This dish is very popular in Russian cuisine.
The name of the pie - “kovrizhka” - comes from the word “kovriga” (whole bread). It is known that the history of gingerbread in Rus' dates back to the 9th century. In those days they were called honey cakes. In the old days, gingerbread was made from honey, flour and berry juice. The appearance of the modern name “kovrizhka” by various sources dates back to the 13th-15th centuries.
Description
Korzhka is a pastry whose main ingredients are sugar, flour, nuts, raisins, and honey. Often it consists of two cake layers, separated by a layer of jam. The top layer of the product is usually covered with glaze, which is made from powdered sugar. Due to the fact that the pie contains honey, the gingerbread does not go stale for quite a long time.
You can often hear that gingerbread is a Lenten pastry, because it is allowed to be consumed even during Lent, on its not too strict days. During the period of poor fasting, this dish is a real delicacy.
Kovrizhka today is one of the most popular ancient Russian dishes. “How to cook gingerbread?” - beginner home confectioners often ask. We offer several interesting recipes in our article.
“Honey with plums” gingerbread, cooked in a slow cooker
According to reviews, such a gingerbread is simply incomparable: it contains an unusually delicate, sweet and sour taste of a very successful combination of honey and plums. We will tell you how to prepare honey gingerbread with plums in a slow cooker later in the article.
Ingredients
Honey and plum gingerbread is a simple pie, for the preparation of which you will need:
- 8-10 pcs. drain;
- flour - 200 g;
- honey - 150 g;
- sugar - half a glass;
- sour cream (any fat content) - 2 tablespoons. l.;
- soda - half a tsp;
- salt - half a teaspoon;
- drain butter (or margarine) - 100 g;
- 2 eggs.
The multicooker uses power: 800 watts. Time required for baking: 70 minutes.
Preparation
The “Honey with Plums” mat is prepared in several stages:
- The plums are washed well and wiped dry. Cut into halves and remove the seeds.
- Sift the flour, add soda, salt, sugar and mix. Then add the drain. butter or margarine (softened) and knead until fine, fatty crumbs form.
- Break eggs into a blender bowl, add sour cream and liquid (of course!) honey. The thick product should be dissolved in a microwave oven (in a water bath), and then cooled to room temperature. Next, beat the mixture using a whisk or blender.
- Dry and liquid mixtures are combined and mixed. Place in a multicooker bowl, pre-greased. oil Place plum halves on top, cut side up. Housewives do not recommend drowning plums in dough. During baking, it will absorb pieces of fruit on its own.
- In the multicooker, select the “Baking” program, set the cooking time for the gingerbread - 1 hour 10 minutes. To cook a 22 x 33 cm gingerbread in the oven, a temperature of 180 °C is required. The delicacy is baked “until dry.” After the required time has elapsed, turn off the MV and leave the finished gingerbread in the bowl for another 10 minutes.
- Then remove it and place it on a plate. If desired, sprinkle the finished treat with powdered sugar and allow to cool completely.
Rug "Lenten monastery"
To prepare it use:
- 1 cup of sugar;
- half a glass of raf. rast. oils;
- 1/2 cup nuts;
- half a glass of dried fruits;
- 1 stack juice (apple);
- 2 cups of flour;
- soda - half a teaspoon. l.;
- lemon juice - 1 table. l.;
- a pinch of salt;
- cinnamon and vanillin are added to taste.
How to cook?
The “Lenten Monastery” rug is easy to prepare. First, grind the nuts and chop the dried fruits.
Next, prepare the dough. Mix sugar and butter, add dried fruits and nuts, iced tea or apple juice, baking soda and salt, vanillin and cinnamon. Mix everything thoroughly, pour flour into the mixture, carefully knead the dough, put it in a greased form. The pie bakes for about an hour. If desired, you can cut the finished gingerbread into cakes and layer them with some jam or cream. You don’t have to do this; according to reviews, lean gingerbread is delicious without it.
Housewives should remember that lean gingerbread goes stale quite quickly, so it needs to be stored in a covered container.
“Honey Lenten” (with nuts and raisins)
This recipe was known to our grandmothers. They called it Lenten because they baked such a gingerbread during Lent. In addition, no milk, butter, or eggs are used in preparing the delicacy. Pie contains:
- honey (6 tablespoons);
- lean (vegetable) oil (half a glass);
- raisins (half a glass);
- soda (one teaspoon);
- nuts (half a cup);
- water (1 cup);
- two glasses of flour;
- cocoa (two tablespoons);
- cinnamon and coriander (at the tip of the knife).
Step-by-step preparation
- Honey is dissolved in a glass of warm (but not hot!) water. Next, add the plant to a separate container. oil.
- Cocoa, soda and cinnamon are mixed in a separate bowl, then the mixture is poured into a container with butter and sweet water. Everything is mixed.
- Next, flour is added to the container. The dough is kneaded, which should not be too liquid, and lumps should also be avoided. The consistency of the dough will be similar to thick (homemade!) sour cream. Add nuts and raisins and nuts to it, replace the dough so that they are distributed evenly.
- The baking pan is lined with parchment paper or greased with butter and sprinkled with flour, which is necessary to prevent burning, and the dough is placed in it. The pie is baked in the oven for 30 minutes at t: 200 °C.
- The finished gingerbread is cut into pieces like a pie. Or you can cut the cakes and layer them with cream or jam.
Classic recipe
“Classic” gingerbread is a delicacy made using jam. Contains:
- flour - 2 cups;
- granulated sugar - one cup;
- jam - one cup;
- two chicken eggs;
- soda - one teaspoon. l.;
Powdered sugar is used to sprinkle the finished cake.
Preparing the “Classic” gingerbread
A treat baked with jam is the simplest gingerbread, the recipe for which has long been considered a culinary classic.
Place the jam in a small bowl, add quenched soda to it, then mix thoroughly for about five minutes and leave until the soda is completely dissolved. Sometimes, after adding soda, the jam changes color, acquiring a grayish tint. You shouldn’t be afraid of this, experienced confectioners reassure you, this is a completely normal process.
Pour flour, sugar into a large container in which the dough will be prepared and mix.
Add jam and eggs. Beat everything with a whisk or mixer. The result will be a dough whose consistency will be similar to thick sour cream. Next, the dough is poured into a greased form. The surface is leveled with a spoon. The oven is preheated to 200 °C. The gingerbread bakes for 50 minutes. The finished treat is sprinkled with powdered sugar. It will be delicious!
Sometimes, in an effort to preserve the maximum amount of fruits and berries for the winter, we forget about moderation and prepare too much jam. True, there is no need to be upset: you can always use it to prepare delicious desserts and baked goods. For example, a recipe for gingerbread with jam is one of those cases when you don’t have to think about how to dispose of the product. Jam will perfectly complement baked goods and will be a pleasant surprise for your loved ones and even guests who happen to drop by.
CART WITH JAM - RECIPE No. 1
Please note that to prepare the jam gingerbread you will need a minimum amount of ingredients and very little of your free time. The jam can be anything. However, the most delicious gingerbreads are made with sour jam (for example, from plums or currants). In any case, experiment with flavors, and each time the jam gingerbread will turn out special.
1 glass of any non-candied jam;
1 cup of sugar;
1 teaspoon of soda;
2 cups of flour;
2 eggs;
Salt;
Powdered sugar for decoration.
Add soda to the jam, mix and leave for 5 minutes. By the way, do not be alarmed if, under the influence of soda, the jam acquires a strange gray tint - this will not be noticeable in baked goods.
Next, add a little sugar and salt to the jam and stir the resulting mass. Beat the eggs and also add them to the jam. While stirring, gradually add flour. You can do this by hand or using a mixer. The result should be a dough whose consistency resembles thick sour cream.
Grease the mold with butter or margarine, place the dough on it and place in the oven, preheated to 190-200 degrees. The jam crust needs to be baked for about 50 minutes.
Remove the gingerbread from the oven, cool slightly and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Ready!
It’s interesting that such a cake with jam can be used as a base for a cake. To do this, you need to cut it in half and coat it with any cream (for example, sour cream).
CART WITH JAM - RECIPE No. 2
This recipe for gingerbread with jam is a little different, but it also allows you to get delicious and aromatic pastries for tea.
Ingredients for the jam gingerbread:
1 glass of jam;
1 glass of milk;
2 cups of flour;
1 cup of sugar;
1 egg;
1 teaspoon of baking soda, slaked in milk.
Making gingerbread with jam
Mix all ingredients.
After this, put the resulting dough into a mold previously greased with vegetable oil and bake it in the oven at 180 degrees. After 25-30 minutes, the cake with jam will be ready. By the way, you can add candied fruits to the dough - the cake with jam will acquire a more exotic aroma.
CART WITH JAM - RECIPE No. 3
Ingredients for the jam gingerbread:
Jam - 1 cup.
Sugar - 1 cup.
Flour - 1.5 cups.
Egg - 1 pc.
Slaked soda with vinegar - 1 tsp.
Kefir - 1 tbsp. l.
Making gingerbread with jam
Take 1 glass of jam, you can use any jam (I used strawberry).
Add 1 teaspoon of soda slaked with vinegar to the jam and stir well, the jam will begin to foam and grow in volume, and should lighten. Leave the jam for 10 minutes.
After the jam has stood for 10 minutes, add 1 tbsp. kefir, 1 egg and stir.
Add sugar (if you have very sweet jam, you can add less sugar).
Add flour and mix well, the baking dish can be greased with butter and sprinkled with breadcrumbs, or you can line it with baking paper and bake the gingerbread with jam at a temperature of 180-200 degrees for about 30-40 minutes. (the middle should not be liquid). Do not open the oven for about 30 minutes.
CART WITH JAM - RECIPE No. 4
Ingredients for the jam gingerbread:
Egg - 2 pcs.;
Kefir - 1 tbsp.;
Sugar - 1 tbsp.;
Jam - 0.5 tbsp;
Raisins - to taste;
Walnuts - 100 g;
Flour - 2.5 tbsp;
Powdered sugar, seeds, nuts - for decoration;
Soda - a pinch.
Making gingerbread with jam
Let's figure out how to make kefir gingerbread. Pour kefir into a deep bowl, add a pinch of soda and mix. Leave everything for 5 minutes so that the kefir foams a little. During this time, beat the eggs separately using a mixer, add sugar and beat thoroughly again until foam forms. Add jam, nuts and raisins to the eggs. Carefully pour kefir into the mixture and gradually add sifted flour. Mix everything thoroughly and transfer the dough into the mold. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake the gingerbread with jam for about 30 minutes. Then take out the kefir gingerbread, cool slightly and decorate the top with powdered sugar, seeds or crushed nuts.
CART WITH JAM - RECIPE No. 5
Ingredients for the jam gingerbread:
Granulated sugar - 120g,
Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons,
Syrup of any jam - 2 tbsp. spoons,
Raisins - 100g,
Candied fruits - 100g or peels of orange peels from jam and syrup from this jam,
Lemon - 0.5 lemon,
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. spoons,
Soda - 1 teaspoon,
Flour - 300g,
Walnuts - 100g chopped walnuts,
Powdered sugar - 1 tbsp. spoons.
Making gingerbread with jam
Heat 250 ml of water in a small saucepan, add granulated sugar and heat over low heat, stirring, until the sugar is completely dissolved. Let cool slightly. Pour vegetable oil, jam syrup into the resulting mixture and mix.
Chop the lemon, grind in a blender and also add to the syrup with butter.
Place the jam in a colander and let the syrup drain. Grind 200g orange peels to the size of candied fruits. Or use ready-made candied fruits and raisins.
Mix flour with cocoa powder and soda, add nuts, knead the dough and add candied fruits.
Grease the mold with vegetable oil, fill it with dough, smooth it with a wet spatula.
Bake the chocolate cake with jam in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes. The readiness of the product can be determined using a wooden toothpick or match.
Let the finished gingerbread cool, remove the gingerbread from the mold and sprinkle the chocolate gingerbread with powdered sugar.
Helpful Tips:
You can make gingerbread with absolutely any fruit or berry jam. However, do not forget to taste the jam first in order to adjust it if necessary. To add a sweetish taste, you can add sugar or honey, and you can get sourness by adding a little citric acid.
Do not use candied jam for the gingerbread - it can ruin the baked goods. It can only be used to make homemade wine.
You can always make a cake with jam! To do this, cut the gingerbread into 2 parts and coat it with sour cream made from sour cream and powdered sugar. You will get the well-known “Natasha” cake.
A rug with jam can also be prepared according to another recipe, in which the dough is made without jam, rolled out, cut into small squares or other shapes, and a jam filling is placed in the center of each of them. It turns out very tasty and beautiful pastries.
A jam mat will be an excellent alternative to unhealthy and high-calorie sweets. The jam mat contains only natural and healthy ingredients, so you can enjoy it to your heart’s content!
A gingerbread is a large soft gingerbread or sweet pie.
From available products that can be found in every home, you can prepare a tasty, aromatic and soft Lenten gingerbread.
Lenten gingerbread - basic principles of preparation
A distinctive feature of gingerbread from other pies is the ground spices that are added in abundance to the dough. Coriander, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and other spices are used.
Lenten gingerbread is prepared without eggs. The basis for the dough can be honey, syrup, brewed tea, syrup, compote or jam diluted in water.
You can diversify the taste of Lenten gingerbread by adding berries, grapes, nuts, dried fruits, etc. to the dough.
The rug turns out to be quite high and fluffy. It can be cut into two cakes and spread each with jam, marmalade or marmalade. Then assemble, and you get a pie that you wouldn’t be ashamed to serve even on a holiday table.
Recipe 1. Lenten gingerbread
Ingredients
a glass of freshly brewed black tea;
a pinch of soda and salt;
two glasses of flour;
cinnamon and ginger;
100 ml refined sunflower oil;
a packet of vanillin;
half a tbsp. peeled walnuts;
half a glass of sugar;
40 g lemon juice;
75 g liquid honey.
Cooking method
1. Wash the dried fruits, dry them slightly and place them in a blender bowl. Add nuts here and grind them into a paste.
2. Pour warm tea, honey and butter into a bowl, add sugar and a mixture of nuts and dried fruits, season with cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Mix everything well until smooth.
3. Extinguish the soda with lemon juice and put it in the dough. Mix well.
4. Gradually add flour and continue kneading the dough. Cover the pan with parchment, lightly grease it with oil and pour in the dough. Level the surface with a wooden spatula and place in the oven, preheated to a temperature of 190 C. Bake the gingerbread for about an hour until golden brown.
Recipe 2. Lenten gingerbread “Festive”
Ingredients
three tbsp. flour;
lemon juice – 25 ml;
instant coffee – 10 g;
soda – 5 g;
olive oil – 100 ml;
chopped roasted nuts – 100 g;
sugar - half a glass;
dried apricots - six pieces;
zest of half a lemon;
jam – 100 ml;
brew - glass.
Cooking method
1. Pour butter into a deep container and add sugar and jam. Mix.
2. Dissolve coffee in hot brew and pour the liquid into a bowl.
3. Add dried apricots and nuts, add some flour and knead the dough.
4. Suppress the soda with lemon juice and add to the dough. Add the zest of half a lemon here and add the rest of the flour. Knead into a homogeneous dough.
5. Transfer it into a greased and sprinkled with semolina form and bake for an hour at 180 C. Cool the gingerbread and cut into portions.
Recipe 3. Lenten tea gingerbread with a layer
Ingredients
sugar - half a glass;
baking powder - tsp;
vegetable oil – 60 ml;
jam - half a glass;
strong tea - a glass;
cinnamon – 5 g;
flour – 200 g;
vanillin - sachet;
jam or jam for layering;
powdered sugar;
chopped roasted nuts.
Cooking method
1.Place jam and butter in a bowl, add sugar and season with cinnamon, salt and vanilla. Stir and pour in tea. Whisk until smooth.
2. Mix baking powder with flour and sift. Pour into the dough, whisking constantly.
3. Add chopped, roasted nuts. Mix so that they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
4. Cover the mold with parchment and place the dough into it. Place the mold in an oven preheated to 180 C for forty minutes. Check readiness with a wooden skewer.
5. Take out the gingerbread and cool. We divide it into two layers. Grease the bottom cake with jam or jam and cover with the top cake. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top and cut into portions.
Recipe 4. Honey gingerbread with cocoa and poppy seeds
Ingredients
glass of water;
150 ml lean oil;
two glasses of flour;
60 g cocoa;
250 g sugar;
poppy – 50 g;
baking powder - a pack.
Cooking method
1. Pour water into a saucepan and put it on fire. Dissolve sugar in it. Add honey and stir until honey has completely dissolved. Remove from heat.
2. In a separate bowl, mix cocoa with baking powder. Pour in the warm mixture from the saucepan, stir and leave for five minutes.
3. Wash the poppy seeds and place them in the dough. Gradually add flour and knead the dough to the consistency of thick sour cream.
4. Pour the dough into a mold coated with butter and bake for about an hour at 180 C. Remove the mold from the oven and sprinkle the gingerbread with powdered sugar.
Recipe 5. Lenten coffee gingerbread in a slow cooker
Ingredients
Art. rice cereal;
Art. a spoonful of vegetable oil;
an incomplete glass of flour;
a pinch of salt;
glass of water;
40 g instant coffee;
a handful of raisins;
half a tbsp. Sahara;
liquid honey – 50 g.
Cooking method
1. Pour coffee into a tall cup and brew it with boiling water. Add honey and sugar and stir.
2. Pour the brewed coffee into a bowl and add rice cereal. Mix, pour in the oil, and, stirring constantly, gradually add the flour.
3. Rinse the raisins, place on a disposable towel and dry lightly. Transfer it to the dough and mix well.
4. Grease the multicooker container with oil and pour the dough into it. Turn on the “baking” program and set the timer for 50 minutes. Then take out the gingerbread and put it in the oven for half an hour so that the gingerbread is browned on top. Cool the baked goods. You can spread jam on top.
Recipe 6. Lenten gingerbread with honey
Ingredients
incomplete art. Sahara;
20 g semolina;
one and a half tsp. black tea;
300 ml water;
110 ml vegetable oil;
a handful of walnuts;
50 g cocoa powder;
a handful of raisins;
cinnamon, ginger and cloves;
a pinch of soda.
Cooking method
1. Boil water, pour it over the dry tea leaves and leave to brew. Then strain the strong tea through a sieve into a saucepan, add sugar and honey. Place on the stove and keep on fire until the honey and sugar dissolve. Add vegetable oil, mix and cool.
2. Wash the raisins and pour boiling water over them. Squeeze out the steamed raisins. Place the nuts in a bag and crush them using a wooden rolling pin.
3. Pour cocoa powder into the cooled liquid, sifting through a strainer and mix. Add chopped nuts and raisins to the mixture and mix again. Season everything with spices and beat.
4. Add a little flour mixed with soda and knead the dough until it has the consistency of pancakes.
5. Sprinkle the greased mold with semolina and pour the dough into it. Preheat the oven to 180 C, and place the form with the dough into it for forty minutes. Cool the finished gingerbread into two layers and coat them with jam.
Recipe 6. Chocolate Lenten gingerbread
Ingredients
120 g sugar;
Art. l. powdered sugar;
50 ml sunflower oil;
100 g chopped nuts;
50 ml jam syrup;
300 g flour;
raisins and candied fruits – 100 g each;
50 g cocoa powder;
lemon - half.
Cooking method
1. Pour a glass of water into a small saucepan, add sugar and place on the stove. Heat over low heat, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cool slightly, then pour in the jam syrup and vegetable oil and mix.
2. Finely chop the lemon, place it in a blender bowl, and grind it into porridge. Transfer to a saucepan.
3. Place the jam on a sieve and let the syrup drain.
4. Mix flour with cocoa powder and soda. Gradually pour it into a saucepan and add chopped nuts and candied fruits. Knead into a homogeneous dough.
5. Pour the dough into a greased pan and smooth the surface with a damp spatula. Place the chocolate cake in the oven for half an hour and bake at 180 C. Check readiness with a wooden skewer or toothpick. Remove the cake from the oven and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
Recipe 7. Lenten gingerbread with apples in a slow cooker
Ingredients
a glass of sugar;
two apples;
water – 250 ml;
a pinch of cinnamon;
two tbsp. l. honey;
half a kg of flour;
soda – 5 g;
a pinch of baking powder and soda;
half a glass of lean butter;
half tbsp. walnuts.
Cooking method
1. Pour water diluted with vegetable oil into a saucepan and add sugar. Place on the stove, warm up a little, and add honey. Continue heating over low heat until the honey and sugar have completely dissolved.
2. Add baking soda and cinnamon to the warm liquid. Grind the walnuts into flour with a coffee grinder and pour into a saucepan.
3. Mix baking powder with flour. Knead the dough, gradually adding flour, as for pancakes. Wash the apples and cut into slices.
4. Grease the bowl with oil and pour the dough into it. Place the apple slices on top, pressing them lightly into the dough. Turn on the “Baking” program. Set the timer for 50 minutes. Place the bowl in the multicooker and bake until done. Then leave the cake for another ten minutes on “Warming” so that the gingerbread does not settle.
Recipe 8. Lenten gingerbread with oranges and nuts
Ingredients
two oranges;
one and a half tsp. soda;
150 g sugar;
two glasses of flour;
olive oil – 50 ml;
half a glass of strong tea;
jam – 50 g;
half a glass of chopped nuts.
Cooking method
1. Grind sugar with vegetable oil.
2. Peel the oranges and cut them into small pieces. Chop the nuts with a rolling pin. Brew strong tea.
3. Place oranges, jam and nuts in the butter-nut mixture, and pour in the brewed tea. Mix everything well. Add flour and soda and knead the dough like you would for pancakes.
4. Cover the bottom of the mold with parchment and grease with oil. Pour the dough into it and bake for forty minutes in a well-heated oven.
Recipe 9. Lenten banana gingerbread
Ingredients
flour – 150 g;
100 ml lemonade;
75 g sugar;
salt - a pinch;
70 ml olive oil;
10 ml vinegar.
Cooking method
1. Pour flour into a bowl. We extinguish the soda with vinegar. Mix flour with sugar, add butter and stir. Add baking soda, lemonade and knead the dough to the consistency of pancakes.
2. Sprinkle the mold with flour and pour the dough into it. Sprinkle the top of the gingerbread with sugar and cinnamon. Then lay out the bananas cut into slices. Bake for 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 170 C.
Recipe 9. Lenten gingerbread with pears
Ingredients
two pears;
peeled almonds - half a glass;
citric acid - on the tip of a knife;
a glass of sugar;
vegetable oil – half a glass;
honey – 50 g;
breadcrumbs – 20 g;
lemon juice – 10 ml;
flour - two glasses;
soda – 5 g;
a pinch of baking powder.
Cooking method
1. Cut the pear in half and remove the core. Cut the wide edge into a fan or thin slices.
2. Grind the almonds into powder with a coffee grinder.
3. Pour sugar into a container and pour in water with vegetable oil. Place the mixture in a water bath and add honey. Keep it until the honey and sugar are completely dissolved. Quench the soda with citric acid and add it to the mixture. Season everything with cinnamon and add nuts. Stir, gradually adding flour mixed with baking powder, knead the dough.
3. Sprinkle the greased mold with breadcrumbs and pour the dough into it. Using a damp spatula, level the surface. Place the pears on top and place in an oven preheated to 200 C for half an hour.
Recipe 10. Monastic Lenten gingerbread
Ingredients
a glass of sugar;
half a glass of refined vegetable oil;
salt, cinnamon and soda - a pinch each;
half a glass of walnuts;
lemon juice – 20 ml;
half a glass of dried fruits;
two glasses of flour;
a glass of apple juice.
Cooking method
1. Rinse dried fruits and dry with a napkin. Place nuts and dried fruits in a blender container and grind.
2. Mix butter and sugar in a bowl, add porridge of dried fruits and nuts to the mixture, pour in apple juice and stir. Salt, season with cinnamon and vanilla and add soda slaked with lemon juice. Gradually add flour and knead the dough until it is thick, like pancakes.
3. Pour the dough into a greased pan and bake for about an hour in a well-heated oven.
- To enhance the aroma, in addition to vanilla, you can use almond extract, ground nutmeg, cinnamon or other spices that are used in baking.
- You can add canned or fresh fruits to the dough.
- If you prepare the gingerbread in a silicone mold, then you do not need to grease it. Simply rinse it with water.
- For the dough, it is better to use refined sunflower or olive oil.
- Quench soda not with vinegar, but with squeezed lemon juice.
- Sprinkle the surface of the finished gingerbread with ground nuts or powdered sugar.
There are a large number of gingerbread recipes. It is prepared in different ways, the dough for it resembles a mixture for making gingerbread. The delicate taste and variety of varieties make this pastry an excellent decoration for the holiday table. Honey gingerbread, the recipe for which is also distinguished by its variety of types, is most popular among housewives.
There are options with kefir, butter, sour cream, and also with the addition of apples, cinnamon or oranges. All recipes are prepared in no time, since there is no need for yeast or waiting for the dough to rise.
Due to certain ingredients, a lean honey gingerbread can remain fresh for a long time and not lose its taste.
Traditional honey gingerbread
When deciding how to prepare honey gingerbread, you should try experimenting with the classic recipe. The flour product eventually becomes larger than the original dough.
To prepare such a dish, you will need certain ingredients:
- honey – 3 spoons;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- a glass of granulated sugar;
- margarine or butter – 100 g;
- sour cream – 3-5 tbsp. l;
- a teaspoon of soda;
- 2 cups of flour;
- according to taste preferences, add about 100 g of nuts and dry fruits.
This recipe for honey gingerbread at home is prepared as follows:
- Liquid or heated until melted honey is combined with soda and infused for 8-10 minutes.
- Eggs and sugar are added and stirred until smooth. Leave the dough for another 6 minutes.
- Butter is added to the mixture and brought to a melted state.
- Then it’s time for sour cream and dried fruits.
- At the end, flour is added, which is pre-sifted.
The dough is laid out in a greased form and in the oven for 40-50 minutes at a temperature of 170-180 degrees. If there is no sour cream, then you can add kefir. The gingerbread is not very sweet, and is used as a base for a cake. At the same time, they are divided into separate cakes. This dish is made not only in the oven, but also in a slow cooker.
Kefir recipe
Simple recipes include honey gingerbread made with kefir. To create it you need to prepare the following products:
- 3 eggs;
- a glass of kefir;
- 2 tbsp. honey;
- flour 2 cups;
- 60 g butter;
- baking powder packet;
- sugar and vanilla sugar;
- a little citric acid.
All components should be at room temperature, so they need to be removed from the refrigerator in advance. Honey can be candied or liquid. It is better to take low-fat kefir. Oil is added to give the dish juiciness.
Baking with kefir is prepared as follows:
- The eggs are beaten until fluffy, and then kefir and baking powder are added.
- Honey, sugar and citric acid are added to the mixed mixture.
- The whole mass is whipped with a blender for about two minutes.
- Add flour and stir until smooth.
- The butter needs to be melted and mixed with the rest of the dough.
- The oven heats up and the mixture is poured into the mold.
- Bake at 170 degrees for 20 minutes.
The finished baked goods take on a golden brown appearance and are well baked. The cake is then removed from the mold and cut into pieces. You can bake two kefir cakes and make a delicious cake. This recipe can also be made in a slow cooker.
The recipe for honey gingerbread with kefir can be simplified a little. To do this you will need a glass of kefir, soda, two eggs, a few tablespoons of honey and half a glass of sugar.
Lenten honey gingerbread
Lenten honey gingerbread is made from simple ingredients. The recipe is made without eggs and kefir. You need to assemble the following components:
- filtered hot water 2 cups and a quarter;
- 90 g honey;
- 85 g vegetable-based oil;
- sugar – 130 g;
- flour – 750 g;
- 4 g baking powder;
- 2-4 g salt;
- about 120 g raisins.
A honey cake without eggs is created in this way:
- Boiled water is poured into a bowl.
- Liquid honey is then poured in. If the honey is thick, you can melt it.
- Add granulated sugar and mix well.
- Add baking soda and baking powder.
- Vegetable oil is added.
- Raisins and flour are poured. Instead of raisins, you can use candied fruits or any dried fruits.
- The flour is sifted and mixed with the remaining ingredients.
The mass is mixed until it becomes creamy. The mold is covered with special paper and the mixture is poured into it. Bake for 45-50 minutes in the oven or 70 minutes in a slow cooker. You can also make a similar recipe without eggs using kefir. This dessert is served with tea with jam or condensed milk.
In a slow cooker
A recipe for honey gingerbread in a slow cooker is popular. It can be made with any ingredients at home. For example, with kefir, without eggs, with the addition of nuts, candied fruits or raisins. This recipe allows you to get a delicious dish in a short time. To do this, prepare the mixture and send it to the slow cooker.
The following components will be needed:
- 2-3 spoons of honey;
- sugar 180-220 g;
- about 450 g flour;
- a spoonful of baking powder;
- 250 ml water;
- about 120 ml sunflower oil.
Cocoa powder is also added to add color, and nuts and raisins are added for better taste. In addition, there will be a vanilla mixture, a little clove or cinnamon. Instead of water, you can use kefir.
The dish is prepared like this:
- Sugar dissolves in heated water.
- Then honey and oil are mixed.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour with baking powder and spices.
- Instead of baking powder, you can pour in baking soda, quenched with vinegar. If kefir is used, then vinegar is not needed.
- The resulting mixture is mixed with the dry mass.
- Add nuts or raisins.
To prevent the dessert from burning, the bottom of the multicooker dish is greased with oil. It is filled with dough, and the multicooker is turned on to the “Baking” mode. It will take 65-70 minutes for the dish to be ready.
The honey cake in a slow cooker is covered with chocolate glaze or condensed milk. You can also cut it and coat it with cream or jam.
Honey gingerbread with apples
Honey gingerbread with apples has an unusual taste. It can be made with water or kefir. The following ingredients are prepared:
- sugar 1-1.2 cups;
- several apples;
- water or kefir – 250 g;
- two to three tablespoons of honey;
- half a kg of flour;
- soda about 5 g;
- a pinch of soda and baking powder;
- half a glass of vegetable oil.
You can add a little cinnamon and walnuts. This could be a honey cake in a slow cooker, the recipe for which is created using kefir, or a delicious dessert in the oven.
Prepare the dish as follows:
- Water mixed with oil is poured into the container. Then sugar is added. The mixture is placed on the stove.
- After heating, honey is added to the composition. You need to heat until all the components are gone.
- Pour cinnamon and soda into the warm solution. Walnuts crushed in a coffee grinder are also added there.
- Baking powder is mixed with flour, which is poured into the main composition.
- Apples are cut into slices.
The multicooker bowl or oven tray is greased with oil. Place apple slices on top and press them slightly into the dough. Baking time takes 40-60 minutes. The mode in the multicooker is “Baking” or “Heating”. Instead of water, you can use kefir, which is also heated.