Recipes · Polish · Gingerbread

Toruń Gingerbread (Pierniki)

One serving has 318 kcal and 5 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (47%), selenium (31%), thiamin (29%) and riboflavin (23%). Ready in 86 minutes.

Toruń Gingerbread (Pierniki)
Photo: Marcin Floryan, CC BY 2.5 · source
  • Preparation: 75 min
  • Cooking: 11 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (88.2 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, honey

Ingredients

  • 40 g Flour, all-purpose
  • 20 g Honey
  • 10 g Sugar, brown
  • 8 g Butter, unsalted
  • 8 g Eggs, whole, raw
  • 1 g Ginger, ground
  • 0.5 g Cinnamon
  • 0.2 g Cloves
  • 0.5 g Baking soda

Method

  1. Warm the honey gently until runny, then beat with the brown sugar, butter and egg.
  2. Mix in the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and baking soda to form a smooth, firm dough. This is for 1 portion of a few cookies; multiply by 8-10 for a full batch.
  3. Wrap and rest the dough for at least 1 hour (traditional pierniki dough is often rested for days or weeks for the best flavour, but 1 hour still works well).
  4. Roll out on a floured surface and cut into shapes.
  5. Bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for 10-12 minutes until just set; the cookies firm up further as they cool.
  6. Cool completely before serving; pierniki keep well in a tin for weeks and taste even better after a few days.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy318 kcal15%
Carbohydrates58.1 g
Water15.9 mL
Fiber1.6 g5%
Protein5.4 g11%
Tryptophan0.07 g
Threonine0.16 g
Isoleucine0.21 g
Leucine0.39 g
Lysine0.18 g
Methionine0.11 g
Cystine0.11 g
Phenylalanine0.27 g
Tyrosine0.17 g
Valine0.25 g
Histidine0.12 g
Fat7.7 g
Monounsaturated2.2 g
Polyunsaturated0.58 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.44 g
Saturated4.4 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol47 mg
Calcium29.3 mg3%
Copper0.08 mg9%
Iron2.4 mg13%
Magnesium14.2 mg5%
Manganese0.84 mg47%
Phosphorus64.4 mg9%
Potassium96.9 mg2%
Selenium17 µg31%
Sodium154 mg
Zinc0.49 mg6%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.32 mg29%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.25 mg23%
Niacin (vitamin B3)2.5 mg18%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.34 mg7%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.05 mg4%
Folate (vitamin B9)77.9 µg19%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.08 µg3%
Choline26.2 mg6%
Vitamin A67.6 µg10%
Vitamin C0.13 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)6.6 IU1%
Vitamin E0.39 mg3%
Vitamin K1.1 µg1%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.2 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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