Glögi & Gingerbread recipe
Discover the perfect holiday recipes for a cozy Christmas!
This traditional Nordic Glögi and Gingerbread recipe brings warm spices, rich flavors, and festive cheer to your celebrations.
Easy to make and perfect for sharing!!
Glögi recipe
1 l cranberry juice
1 l apple juice
100 ml black currant concentrate
1 bottle red wine
4x cinnamon sticks
2 tbs mixed spice
1 tbs treacle syrup or brown sugar
1 ts cloves
2x oranges (chopped into wedges)
Mix all the ingredients (except the red wine) in a pot and let it simmer up to 4 hours then add the red wine and run through a fine sieve.
For the best outcome, prepare the glögi one day beforehand and let it sit overnight and then sieve before serving. When re-heating don’t let the it boil, heat until it simmers.
For a delicious alcohol free version, substitute the wine for cranberry juice.
Gingerbread recipe
125 g of salted butter
80 g brown sugar
100 g of treacle syrup
1 ts ground cinnamon
1 ts ground ginger
1 ts mixed spice
1 egg
1 ts bicarbonate of sooda
300 g of plain flour
Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan together, once melted, let the mixture cool to room temperature. Add the egg and mix in the dry ingredients. Combine all together before letting the dough sit in the fridge overnight.
Roll the dough into 1cm thick disks using a cookie cutter. Cut the cookies and bake at 190c for 4-6 minutes until starting to brown from the edges. Once cooked, let it sit for a few minutes at room temperature before serving or decorating.
You can also freeze the dough and use it whenever you like =)
Gingerbread icing recipe
1 egg white
180g icing sugar
1/2 ts lemon juice
Whisk all the ingredients together and place it in a piping bag.
