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The shortbread takes on a muffle silhouette, with integrated wide thumb and white cuff. A single dash of cocoa on the wrist suggests a seam. The photo shows part of the portions.
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Ginger Shortbread Mittens

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

The shortbread takes on a muffle silhouette, with integrated wide thumb and white cuff. A single dash of cocoa on the wrist suggests a seam.

About twenty 9 cm flat mittens / Cold-colded shortbread, cutting and icing with water

10Indicative portions
50 minPreparation
24 minBaking
2 hours 30 minutesRest & Cooling
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The shortbread takes on a muffle silhouette, with integrated wide thumb and white cuff. A single dash of cocoa on the wrist suggests a seam. The corresponding shaping and assembly are detailed in the steps.

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Original quantity: 10 servings.

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Preparation

  1. Cream butter and brown sugar. Add honey and egg, then flour, spices, bicarbonate and salt. Form a disc without kneading for a long time; refrigerate 1 hour.
  2. Heat to 175 °C. Spread the dough over 5 mm between two papers. Cut about twenty 9 cm mittens with a short, wide thumb integrated into the shape, without a separate finger. Space on two plates; re-spread only once the offcuts.
  3. Cook one baking tray at a time for 10 to 12 minutes. The contours should color slightly. Wait 5 minutes on the plate, then cool on a rack.
  4. Mix the icing sugar with the water little by little to obtain a thick icing. Reserve a spoonful and mix the cocoa with a few drops of water. Spread the white icing on the cuff of each muffle; draw a single short cocoa seam. The rest of the biscuit remains brown and bare.
  5. Allow the icing to dry for 1 hour before storing.

Preserve and Serve

7 days in metal box, perfectly cold and dry cookies.

Baking tips for this recipe

  • Work the dough just enough to combine the ingredients after adding flour; avoid prolonged kneading.
  • Respect the temperature of the butter and the indicated rest. If a cutting paste becomes sticky, cool it before shaping.
  • Keep a regular thickness between pieces of the same batch and monitors the edges at the end of cooking. Let cool before garnishing.

Substitutions and variations

You can choose a sweeter or more full-bodied honey, keeping the indicated amount. Replacing honey with dry sugar, on the other hand, requires a review of the recipe.

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