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All you need is 3 main ingredients to make this Chocolate Strawberry Braid for dessert tonight!
Ingredients
- 7-9 medium-sized strawberries
- 1 puff pastry
- 1 chocolate bar
- 1 egg yolk
- Almond slivers
- Powdered sugar
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cut the strawberries into halves.
- Dust some flour on a flat surface and spread your puff pastry out on top, smoothing it into a rectangle shape if necessary.
- Place the bar of chocolate in the center, then top with a layer of strawberry halves.
- Using a pizza cutter or a knife, slice the edges of the puff pastry into strips that can be wrapped over the chocolate and strawberries. Starting with the flap at the top, fold over each strip in a slightly diagonal direction so that they resemble a braid.
- Brush the braid with a beaten egg yolk so that it covers the entire visible surface.
- Sprinkle almond slivers on top.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes.
- Give the braid a few minutes to cool down, then cover with a dusting of powdered sugar.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Chewy Gingerbread Cookies
![Chewy Gingerbread Cookies](/media/food-004_crop.jpg/tsp/chewy-gingerbread-cookies.jpg)
By chanel.sk
My mom used to make these when I was little
- 1/2 cup vegan margarine
- 1 tbsp vanilla soymilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tbsp molasses
- 1 1/2 cup AP flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
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Classic Bourbon Gingerbread Cookies
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By Bourbon Barrel Foods, Bourbon Barrel Foods
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- 2 c + 3 TBS all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp ginger
- 3/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 c softened unsalted butter
- 1/2 c Bourbon Vanilla Sugar + more for garnish
- 1/3 c Pure Cane Sorghum
- 1 TBS oil
- 1/2-1 oz bourbon
- 1 tsp Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
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My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies
![My Favorite Gingerbread Cookies](/media/img_5230-copy_crop.jpg/tsp/gingerbread-cookies.jpg)
By bakingmywaythrough
Gingerbread is a Christmas tradition that stems from Germany
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 Gingerbread spice pack (In Germany, they provide a pre-mixed spice pack just for Gingerbread, somewhat similar to our Pumpkin Pie Spice)
- **If you don't have the pre-mixed spice pack: 1 tsp. allspice, 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp clove.
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 1/2 cups flour
Gingerbread Men Cookies
![Gingerbread Men Cookies](/media/low-fat-gingerbread-men_crop.jpg/tsp/gingerbread-men-cookies.jpg)
By medic949
Mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in large bowl
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Ginger, Ground
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Cinnamon, Ground
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Nutmeg, Ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
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American Gingerbread Cookies
![American Gingerbread Cookies](/media/gingerbread_crop.jpg/tsp/gingerbread-cookies.jpg)
By Anahid
an old style recipe, with a molasses flavour
- .5 c Crisco or Fluffo
- .5 c brown sugar, packed
- .75 c molasses
- 3.25 c unbleached flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- .25 c water
Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies
![Traditional Gingerbread Men Cookies](/images/defaultImg_thumbSqPr.jpg)
By MeredithT
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- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons McCormick® Ginger, Ground
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Cinnamon, Ground
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Nutmeg, Ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
Gingerbread Men
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By jjmaa
In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Spicy Gingerbread Men
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By cierena
In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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