Ginger bread - Medenjaki

Medenjaki are a typical Slovene winter cookies they are smelly, sweet and good. I didn't know how to translate the name, I translated with ginger bread because one of the ingredients is also some ginger powder and the taste is quite similar.

Medenjaki

300 g honey
200 g butter
100 g  candied fruit (pomaranča in/ali limone)
2 eggs
750 g flour
150 g grounded almonds, hazelnuts or/and walnuts
spices (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, pepper, cardamom)
2 baking powder
4 table spoons of sugar

If you like very sweet cookies fill free to add more sugar.

Preparation

Warm the honey in a pan, but be careful not to exceed 40 degrees, add the butter and the sugar. When it cools down ad 2 eggs. Mix the dry ingredients, the flour, spices, almonds or hazelnuts or walnuts, baking powder,candied fruit. Then mix the dry ingredients and the liquid ingredients until combine.

Put the dough in the refrigerator and leave for the night. When the dough will be cold you will easily make the cookies, I roll small balls and then I flatten them. You can also make different shapes.


Bake them for 15 minutes on 180 degrees C.


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You can also prepare a glaze, combine 1 egg white and 200-250g of superfine sugar (I didn't do it).