Gingerbread - 10 easy oven recipes

Gingerbread is an interesting and unusual dessert that has a rich taste thanks to such ingredients as honey, strong tea and cocoa. In addition, various toppings can be added to the gingerbread - nuts, dried fruits or jam. Tasty, simple and original!

The classic home-made rug in the oven

In order to make a really tasty gingerbread, it is important to use high quality tea leaves and real honey. Then the pastries will turn out fragrant, tasty and will become a real decoration of the family tea party.

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  Before preparation, strong tea is brewed and cooled to room temperature.
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  It is better to turn on the oven in advance so that it has time to warm up to 180 degrees before the dough is ready.
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  The raisins are poured with boiling water and left for 5-10 minutes.
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  Sift the flour and baking powder into a deep bowl, add cocoa powder and the desired amount of cinnamon: the more it is added, the more piquant the baked goods will turn out. The dry ingredients are mixed.
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  Honey and sugar are poured with tea and allowed to dissolve completely, a pinch of salt is added here. Stir the sweet tea mixture into the dry ingredients, and then add the oil, raisins and candied fruits.
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  Put parchment in a deep baking dish and carefully fill it with dough so that it takes up no more than 2/3 of the container.
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  The rug is cooked in the oven for about 40 minutes. Before serving, it is better to cool it a little and decorate with powdered sugar.

Step-by-step recipe for making gingerbread with jam

You can prepare a delicious gingerbread according to this recipe using any jam, relying on your own taste preferences. Sour berry jam will give baked goods a less sweet taste and more piquancy.

Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 4.

Ingredients:

• Baking powder - 1 tsp.
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Margarine - 100 gr.
• Wheat flour to taste.
• Jam to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Beat the eggs with sugar to form a thick foam.
2. The margarine is grated and mixed with the egg mixture and baking powder.
3. Gradually, flour is introduced at the rate so that the dough stops sticking to your hands. Roll balls from a third of the finished dough and put them in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
4. The baking sheet on which the baked goods will be prepared is greased with margarine and the main part of the dough is rolled out. On top of it, spread the jam over the entire surface. The balls of dough cooled in the refrigerator are ground with a grater over a baking sheet so that the dough evenly covers the entire gingerbread.
5. The product is baked in the oven, setting its heating to 180 degrees. It will take about half an hour for the gingerbread to bake. Serve a gingerbread with jam in portions.

Honey gingerbread at home

In this recipe, the gingerbread is prepared with honey and decorated with milk fudge. A large amount of raisins and coconut flakes will give baked goods a more festive look and unique taste.

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Black tea (strongly brewed) - 1 tbsp.
• Honey - 3 tbsp. l.
• Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - 0.5 tbsp.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Cinnamon - 1/3 tsp
• Cocoa powder - 1 tbsp. l.
• Wheat flour - 2.5 tbsp.
• Raisins - 100 gr.
• Soda - 1 tsp

For fondant:

• Milk - 0.5 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Butter - 150 gr.
• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp. l.
• Food dye - optional.

For decoration:

• Coconut flakes to taste.

Cooking process:

1. The specified amount of honey is dissolved in strongly brewed black tea and cooled slightly.
2. In a deep bowl, mix tea with sugar and an egg, beat the mass with a whisk or using a mixer, and then gradually pour oil into it and add cinnamon with cocoa powder.
3. The raisins are poured over with boiling water, dried and mixed separately with a tablespoon of flour so that it is better distributed over the dough when combined with it.
4. The dough is mixed with raisins and soda is added, and then the required amount of flour. The resulting workpiece is laid out in a baking dish and kept in the oven, which is previously turned on to 170 degrees, for 45 minutes.
5. In a saucepan, mix milk and sugar, add butter, which is more convenient to chop into pieces in advance, and bring the mass to a boil. Then flour and dye are poured into the fondant and keep it on fire, stirring vigorously, for another 2 minutes.
6. A slightly cooled gingerbread is poured with fondant, and decorated with coconut on top and allowed to harden for an hour.

How to bake a delicious kefir gingerbread at home?

In this recipe, kefir is used to make gingerbread, and it is recommended to decorate such pastries with any fresh berries. The product is suitable for serving a family tea party or meeting with friends or like-minded people.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

• Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Jam - 1 tbsp.
• Kefir - 1 tbsp.
• Wheat flour - 2.5 tbsp.
• Soda, slaked with vinegar - 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil to taste.
• Vanillin to taste.
• Fresh berries - for decoration.

Cooking process:

1. Pound sugar with eggs, then put vanillin and jam on them. Beat the mass well.
2. Add soda, which must first be extinguished with a small amount of vinegar, and beat until the resulting mixture doubles in volume.
3. Next, kefir is poured in and sifted flour is gradually added.
4. A little oil is poured into the dough: this allows the product to remain fresh for longer.
5. The resulting mass is transferred to a baking dish and kept in the oven, which is first heated to 180 degrees, for half an hour or 40 minutes. The gingerbread is served slightly chilled.

A quick and easy recipe for lean gingerbread

This type of gingerbread is suitable during fasting or for those who, for one reason or another, limit the use of a number of foods. The lean gingerbread is no less tasty than the usual one, and the presence of dried fruits and nuts in it makes it also healthy.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

• Granulated sugar - 200 gr.
• Water or juice - 250 gr.
• Honey - 2 tbsp. l.
• Vegetable oil - 0.5 tbsp.
• Wheat flour - 1.5 tbsp.
• Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp. l.
• Baking powder - 1 tsp.
• Cinnamon - 1 tsp
• Ground coriander - 0.5 tsp
• Raisins, dried apricots or figs - 0.5 tbsp.
• Chopped nuts - 0.5 tbsp
• Jam or preserves - for decoration.

Cooking process:

1. In a saucepan, sugar is mixed with water or juice, honey and vegetable oil, and then heated to 60 degrees.
2. Separately, in a deep bowl, dry ingredients are mixed: sifted flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and spices - cinnamon and coriander.
3. Combine the dry mixture and the liquid mixture, knead well until the mass becomes homogeneous, and then add nuts and chopped dried fruits to it.
4. The finished dough is transferred into a mold in which the product will be baked and kept for about 35 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
5. The resulting lean gingerbread should be slightly cooled and greased with your favorite jam or preserves.

Delicious milk-based gingerbread in the oven

An easy way to bake a delicious gingerbread that can be garnished with powdered sugar. The dough according to this recipe is prepared in milk and your favorite jam is added. A good way to please your family with a delicious and easy-to-prepare dessert.

Cooking time: 55 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 20.

Ingredients:

• Milk - 2 tbsp.
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Jam - 2 tbsp.
• Wheat flour - 3.5 tbsp.
• Soda - 1.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. The eggs and sugar are ground, milk and jam are added, as well as soda, which does not need to be extinguished.
2. The sifted flour is gradually introduced into the milk-egg mixture and the thick dough is kneaded.
3. The workpiece is placed in a baking dish, which must first be either greased with any fat or lined with parchment.
4. Gingerbread is baked in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
5. Before serving, the gingerbread is cooled and cut into pieces. You can sprinkle it with powdered sugar.

Lush and airy gingerbread with sour cream

A sour cream rug is airy and tender, especially if you use fatty fresh sour cream. Any nuts are added to baked goods, but the dessert is tastiest with crushed walnuts.

Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 20.

Ingredients:

• Honey - 2 tbsp. l.
• Soda - 1 tsp
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Butter - 100 gr.
• Sour cream - 4 tbsp. l.
• Nuts - 100 gr.
• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Soda is poured into honey, mixed and left for 5-10 minutes.
2. After that, eggs are broken there and sugar is added, everything is mixed well and allowed to settle for another 5 minutes.
3. The butter should be softened and added to the dough, mix well and leave for another 5 minutes.
4. At the next stage, sour cream and crushed nuts are put into the dough, again they wait 5 minutes. At the very end, flour is introduced into the dough in small portions until it acquires the consistency of thick sour cream.
5. The mass is transferred to a baking container and kept in the oven for about half an hour, checking the readiness with a wooden skewer or toothpick. The recommended baking temperature is 180 degrees.

How to bake a gingerbread with cottage cheese in the oven?

An easy-to-prepare recipe for gingerbread, to which cottage cheese is added. It is better to choose a fatty dairy product so that the gingerbread does not come out too dry and turn out delicious. In addition, higher-fat dairy products are more beneficial than non-fat ones.

Cooking time: 55 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese - 400 gr.
• Wheat flour - 250 gr.
• Frozen butter - 150 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 180 gr.
• Egg - 3 pcs.
• Vanilla sugar - to taste.
• Grated chocolate - for serving.
• Fresh berries - for serving.

Cooking process:

1. The eggs are ground with cottage cheese, and then ordinary sugar is gradually added there along with vanilla and kneaded until smooth, adding 2 tbsp. l. flour so that the filling does not spread during baking.
2. Separately sift the flour and add the grated frozen butter. The ingredients are combined to make a kind of crumb.
3. Pour half of the prepared crumbs into a baking container, level and spread the curd filling evenly, and sprinkle the second part of the crumbs from flour and butter on top.
4. The gingerbread is cooked at 180 degrees in the oven until it acquires a beautiful golden brown crust.
5. The baked goods are allowed to cool, and before serving, they are decorated with fresh berries or sprinkled with grated chocolate.

Gingerbread with jam on black tea

A tea mug is easy to prepare, however, to get the most delicious pastries, you should take high quality tea so that the brew is rich: the taste of the gingerbread largely depends on this.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 230 gr.
• Granulated sugar - 200 gr.
• Baking powder - 3 tsp
• Black tea (strongly brewed) - 250 ml.
• Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.
• Jam - 2 tbsp. l.
• Powdered sugar - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. In a deep bowl, combine dry products - flour with sugar and baking powder.
2. Pre-brewed and chilled tea is mixed separately with butter and carefully added to the dry mixture. Mix well.
3. At the next stage, jam is added to the dough and the consistency is checked: the dough must be sufficiently liquid.
4. Pour the dough into a baking container, which must either be greased with oil or covered with parchment, and sent to the oven for half an hour when heated at 180 degrees.
5. The finished product is cut into pieces and decorated with powdered sugar.

Homemade chocolate gingerbread with cocoa

Cocoa powder makes such a gingerbread richer in color and gives a chocolate flavor, and raisins add juiciness to baked goods. Both children and adults will like the gingerbread, and it can be served both with chilled drinks and with hot tea or coffee.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 6.

Ingredients:

• Water - 250 ml
• Vegetable oil - 130 ml
• Granulated sugar - 180 gr.
• Vanilla sugar - 1 tbsp l.
• Cocoa powder - 1.5 tbsp. l.
• Wheat flour - 380 gr.
• Baking powder - 1.5 tsp.
• Raisins - 100 gr.
• Nuts - 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. In a bowl, water and two types of sugar are mixed, and then soft, better melted butter is added there.
2. 100 g flour in a separate bowl is mixed with cocoa powder and baking powder, and then the dry mixture is gently introduced into the liquid sweet base.
3. Next, the dough is brought to the desired condition, adding the remaining volume of flour in small portions and thoroughly mixing the mass.
4. The raisins are washed and allowed to dry on a paper towel.
5. The nuts are chopped with a knife or in a blender until medium-sized crumbs, and then, along with the raisins, are introduced into the dough.
6. The resulting mass is carefully transferred into a baking dish, which should be thick sour cream in consistency. The product is baked for 50 minutes, turning on the heating of the oven by 180 degrees.