Recipe for Gingerbread Day
image from bethgolz at Pixabay
Did you know that it is International Gingerbread Day on 21 November? We decided to share a tried and tested gingerbread man recipe. Please note, they don’t have to be men.
The following recipe will take between 30 minutes and 1 hour to prepare and cooking time should be between 10 and 25 minutes.
The recipe makes around 20 gingerbread biscuits.
Ingredients
350g/12oz plain flour, plus extra for rolling out
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
125g/4½oz butter
175g/6oz light soft brown sugar
1 free-range egg
4 tbsp golden syrup
To decorate
Writing icing (optional)
Cake decorations (optional)
Method
Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon in a bowl. A food processor is useful. Add the butter and blend until the mix looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar.
Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together and add, working the mix until it clumps together. Tip the dough out, knead briefly until smooth, wrap in clingfilm and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/gas 4. Line two baking trays with greaseproof paper.
Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut out the shapes using cutters and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden-brown. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes and then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.
When cooled, you can decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations, or scoff them as is.
