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Pryaniki Russian Gingerbread

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Servings: 36
Categories: Cookies / Desserts / Gingerbread

Ingredients:
1  c  Honey
2  ea  Egg
4  tb  Butter
1/2  ts  Baking soda
4  c  Flour
4  tb  Slivered almonds
1  c  Jam <plum, strawberry,
    -blackberry, or peach
1/2  ts  Ginger ground
1/2  ts  Mace ground
1/2  ts  Cinnamon ground
1/2  ts  Cardamom ground
    -----GLAZE-----
1  c  Confectioner's sugar
4  tb  Lemon juice fresh

Directions:
Cream butter & honey then beat in the eggs. Stir in the spices & almonds slivers being sure to mix well. Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Wrap dpough in waxed paper & chill for 1-2 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Ona floured board roll out the dough to 1/8" thickness. Use the edge of a glass to cut rounds approx. 2 - 2 1/2" in diameter. Spoon the jam over the center of 1/2 of the rounds, cover with a plain round, seal the edges with a fork or your fingers, place on a greased cooky sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, reduce the heat ro 325 degrees F and bake for 10 minutes more. remoev from oven, cool on a rack, then paint with the glaze. To prepare the glaze mix the sugar & lemon juice. Spoon over the rounds, allow to cool, then...EAT! ORIGIN: Inna Nanchomkov, Tula, Russia, circa 1996


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