Pryaniki

Servings: 36
Categories: Cookies / Desserts / Gingerbread

Ingredients:

1  c  Honey

2  ea  Egg

4  tb  Butter

1/2  ts  Baking soda

4  c  Flour

4  tb  Slivered almonds

1  c  Jam <plum, strawberry,

    -blackberry, or peach

1/2  ts  Ginger ground

1/2  ts  Mace ground

1/2  ts  Cinnamon ground

1/2  ts  Cardamom ground

    -----GLAZE-----

1  c  Confectioner's sugar

4  tb  Lemon juice fresh

Directions:
Cream butter & honey then beat in the eggs. Stir in the spices & almonds slivers being sure to mix well. Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Wrap dpough in waxed paper & chill for 1-2 hours. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Ona floured board roll out the dough to 1/8" thickness. Use the edge of a glass to cut rounds approx. 2 - 2 1/2" in diameter. Spoon the jam over the center of 1/2 of the rounds, cover with a plain round, seal the edges with a fork or your fingers, place on a greased cooky sheet. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, reduce the heat ro 325 degrees F and bake for 10 minutes more. remoev from oven, cool on a rack, then paint with the glaze. To prepare the glaze mix the sugar & lemon juice. Spoon over the rounds, allow to cool, then...EAT! ORIGIN: Inna Nanchomkov, Tula, Russia, circa 1996

Recipe From: http://www.floras-hideout.com/recipes/recipes.php?page=recipes&data=p/Pryaniki_Russian_Gingerbread