Gingerbread Dough

6.5 lbs honey
3 lbs sugar
1 lb water
15 lbs bread flour
1 oz ground ginger
1 oz. ground cloves
1½ oz. cinnamon
½ oz. ground anise seeds
4 oz. bakers ammonia (triebsalz)
2 oz. potash*
2 cups milk

Heat honey, sugar and water until melted. Mix bakers ammonia with 1 cup of milk. Mix potash with 1 cup of milk. Mix all ingredients into a dough. Let stand in refrigerator for 3-4 days. Roll out as desired.

*Potash:
Potassium Carbonate, bicarbonate of soda