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Preheat oven to 400F and grease baking sheet (or line with parchment paper).
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In small saucepan, over low heat, stir together honey, butter and brown sugar until the butter has melted.
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Sift together the flour, baking powder, cocoa, ginger and allspice into a mixing bowl.
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Add egg yolk and stir to combine.
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Add the honey and butter mixture to the flour.
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Stir to combined and then squeeze the mixture into a ball of dough with your hands.
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On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll out the dough until it is 1/4 inch thick.
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Use cookie cutters or a knife to cut out different shapes.
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Roll out leftover dough and cut more shapes.
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Use a spatula to lift cookies to the baking sheet.
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(For decorations, make a hole at the top of each cookie with a skewer.
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Bake the cookies for 7-8 minutes or until golden.
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Cool on wire rack.
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For Icing: Sift the powdered sugar into a bowl.
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Mix in the lemon juice, stirring well.
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If desired, divide up mixture into smaller bowls and tint with a drop or two of food coloring.
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When the cookies are cool, spoon the icing into an icing bag or a parchment paper cone and slowly pipe the icing onto cookies.
