Pryanik

pryaniki, пряник, tula pryanik

Pryanik (russian and ukrainian: пряник, belarusian: пернік) refers to a range of traditional sweet baked goods in russia, ukraine, belarus and some neighboring countries such as poland (polish: piernik). traditionally pryaniks are made from flour and honey. while some russian-english dictionaries translate pryanik as gingerbread, ginger is an optional pryanik ingredient, unlike honey. sugar is often used instead of honey in industrial pryaniki production and modern home-cooking. related to pryanik is kovrizhka (коврижка), a sweet bread with similar ingredients. the word pryanik is from old east slavic пьпьрянъ, an adjective from old east slavic пьпьрь 'pepper', which makes it etymological...

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