Recipe: Gingerbread Cookies

Recept: Gemberkoekjes

Baking cookies requires both top and bottom heat. You can achieve this in several ways: on the barbecue, in a Dutch oven with a lid, in a skillet with a lid—it doesn't really matter how, as long as you ensure both top and bottom heat. The temperature is always a factor.

Please note that the dough 4 hours must rest before you can bake the cookies.

For 20 gingerbread cookies:

  • 115g butter at room temperature
  • 80g dark brown caster sugar
  • 80g sugar syrup, for example pancake syrup
  • 1 egg
  • 250g flour
  • 0.5 tbsp ginger powder
  • 0.5 tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • pinch of salt
  • optional: Decoration


Additional required:

  • Rolling pin
  • 2 mixing bowls
  • Baking paper
  • Plug to cut out dolls or other figures
  • Heat source: BBQ with lid, Dutch oven, skillet with a lid or something else.

Preparation method:

  • Mix the butter with the sugar and syrup and then add the egg while stirring.
  • In the other mixing bowl, mix together the flour, ginger powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
  • Gradually add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until it is well incorporated. Repeat until all the flour mixture is used up.
  • Make 2 sheets of the dough and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours
  • Roll out the dough to half a cm thickness and cut out the cookies.
  • Bake the cookies lined with parchment paper at 160°C (320°F) for about 15 minutes. Keep a close eye on the cookies, as they can quickly become too dark.

Enjoy your meal!