Instructions traditional honey and ginger cookies for Santa

• In a bowl, sift the two types of flour with baking soda, cocoa and powdered sugar. Add the spices to taste and mix well with a whisk or spoon to remove any lumps.
  
• In a saucepan, heat the butter together with the honey until they are completely melted.
• Add melted butter mix into the flour. Begin to stir and then add two eggs. Work the dough briefly until it is homogeneous. The dough could be sticky but don’t add more flour.
  
• Place the bowl with the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour to make it firmer.
  
• After this period of time lightly dust with flour a work surface and using a small amount of extra flour roll out half of the dough. Put the second half back in the refrigerator. Roll out the dough to a height of 2 – 5 mm.
  
• Using the cookie cutter, cut out the desired shapes and place them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Briefly knead the remaining dough and place it it in the fridge while you take the second part out. Proceed in this way until you use all the dough.
  
• Bake your cookies in the preheated static oven at 180 ° C for 8 – 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool down completely.