Prianik (pryanik)

Instructions

1. Melt the honey with the butter and sugar in a saucepan over low heat, without boiling.
2. Let it cool slightly, then beat in the egg.
3. Mix the flour, baking soda, spices and cocoa, then add them to the liquid mixture.
4. Knead until you have a soft dough, wrap it in cling film and leave to rest for 2 hours in the fridge.
5. Roll the dough out to 5 mm thick and cut out 8 cm rounds.
6. Place them on a tray lined with baking paper and bake at 180 °C for 10 to 12 minutes.
7. Leave to cool, then spread jam on half the biscuits and sandwich them with the others.
8. Make the icing by mixing the icing sugar and water, then coat the prianiks with it.