Estonia, Rocca al Mare school: Baking gingerbreads for the christmas party

In December 2017 the children of the 1A grade of Rocca al Mare school baked gingerbreads for a christmas party.

In addition to the common shapes of gingerbreads, every child baked one gingerbread glove exactly the same size as their hand.


They decorated the gloves during the christmas party.

DELICIOUS GINGERBREADS

1,2 kg syrup

400g sugar

600g fat(300g butter, 200g margarine, 100g pig fat)

5 eggs

2kg flour

18g or 2 teaspoons of soda

1 glass orange peels, grinded or grated

2 teaspoons of grinded cardamom

2 teaspoons of grinded clove

3 teaspoons of cinnamon

0,5 teaspoons of grinded ginger

400g of sugar is heated on a pan while stirring it with a wooden spoon(stir until it almost smokes) and pour hot syrup on it.

Add to the mix melted fats, soda and spices, mix all together.

Add mixed eggs to the warm liquid and then add flour.

The dough is made one week before baking it in the oven and it is best kept in a cold place.

Estonia, Rocca al Mare 1a class and teacher Kaia