pryanik

alt=An image of 11 circular pryaniks on a wooden cutting-board.|thumb|222x222px|A common form of pryaniks thumb|Commercial tula pryanik|223x223px thumb|Perník shop in the Czech Republic Pryanik ( , , ; Czech and Slovak: perník; ; ) refers to a range of traditional sweet-baked goods in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Czechia, Slovenia, Poland and other countries such as Lithuania () and Bulgaria ().

Traditionally, pryaniks are made from flour and honey. While some Russian-English dictionaries translate pryanik as gingerbread, ginger is optional, unlike honey. Sugar is often used as substitution in place of honey in industrial production and modern home-cooking. Recipes may include eggs, milk, ginger, cinnamon and leavening agent like baking soda, activated with soured milk or vinegar. They can also have sugar glaze or icing as a topping and honey, fruit preserve or sweetened condensed milk as filling incorporated into the dough or sandwiched inbetween. The texture is denser and firmer than a cake, but moister and softer than a biscuit (cookie) and the form vary from oval to rectangular and from raised to flat. They are individually portioned, larger than a bite, but small enough to hold comfortably in the hand. Related to pryanik is kovrizhka (коврижка), known in western countries as a "fudge", sweet bread with similar ingredients.