If you think shop gingerbreads are a dubious rubber sweetness, which must be chewed for a broken hour, then it's time to give a delicacy a second chance, true, already in home execution. Homemade gingerbread on kefir for these simple recipes are characterized by softness and airiness, long lost in the store product.
The recipe for gingerbread on kefir at home
In addition to kefir, as the basis for gingerbread can be used sour milk, fermented milk, yogurt or low-fat sour cream, in short, any sour milk base of medium density will provide the required consistency and density of the dough.
Ingredients:
- kefir - 490 ml;
- flour - 720 g;
- granulated sugar - 510 g;
- vegetable oil - 45 ml;
- soda - 2 teaspoons;
- egg yolks - 3 pcs.
Preparation
Combine the yogurt with egg yolks and sugar, add butter and soda to the mixture. It is not necessary to extinguish the latter, since the content of lactic acid in kefir is sufficient to cope with this task. Now put a third of the whole flour and knead the sticky dough. Pour the remaining flour onto the work surface and put the dough into it. Gradually picking up the flour and working the mixture with your hands, make sure that the dough does not lose its softness and light stickiness, but it was convenient in work. At this stage, the dough can be rolled up to one and a half centimeters thick and cut by hand or with the help of figured cutting. In the center of each carved form, you can put a piece of chocolate or jam.
The recipe for gingerbread on kefir has almost come to an end, it remains only to spread out the finished product on a parchment covered with a baking sheet and put it in a preheated to 180 degrees oven until baking.
How to cook gingerbread on kefir with honey?
Despite the low content of honey in the recipe, gingerbread cooked on it turns out surprisingly fragrant. In addition to the honey itself, other fragrances can be added to the dough, for example vanilla or rum extract.
Ingredients:
- kefir - 345 ml;
- granulated sugar - 135 g;
- honey - 35 ml;
- soda - 1 teaspoon;
- vegetable oil - 45 ml;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- flour - 475 g.
Preparation
Turn eggs, liquid honey and granulated sugar into a whitish air cream. To the eggs pour kefir and butter, once again whisk all together and combine with a dry mixture of flour and soda. The resulting dough roll to a centimeter thick, cut and put on a baking sheet. Bake honey gingerbread in a preheated 180 degree oven for 25 minutes, and after cooling, glaze them or simply sprinkle with powdered sugar.