This is our new favourite recipe so I thought I should post it here in case you wanted to try it out for yourselves. Sofia loves to help tip the ingredients into the bowl and mix them. Her favourite part is decorating.
Enjoy!
Gingerbread Men
Enjoy!
Gingerbread Men
Makes 18-20 12cm Gingerbread Men
:: Ingredients
125g butter
½ c brown sugar
½ c golden syrup
1 egg yolk
1 T ground ginger
1 t ground cinnamon
½ t ground cloves
2 ½ c plain flour
1 t baking soda
:: Method
Soften butter and mix with brown sugar until pale and creamy looking.
Add golden syrup and mix, then add the egg yolk and mix well.
Sift all dry ingredients and mix until the mixture is like small crumbs (you should be able to press together to form a workable dough).
Lightly flour your bench and roll half the dough at a time until it is about 5mm thick.
Cut into shapes with cutters, decorate with M&Ms and place on baking paper.
Bake at 180◦ 7 to 10 minutes until lightly golden.
Leave to cool a little before moving onto rack to cool .
125g butter
½ c brown sugar
½ c golden syrup
1 egg yolk
1 T ground ginger
1 t ground cinnamon
½ t ground cloves
2 ½ c plain flour
1 t baking soda
:: Method
Soften butter and mix with brown sugar until pale and creamy looking.
Add golden syrup and mix, then add the egg yolk and mix well.
Sift all dry ingredients and mix until the mixture is like small crumbs (you should be able to press together to form a workable dough).
Lightly flour your bench and roll half the dough at a time until it is about 5mm thick.
Cut into shapes with cutters, decorate with M&Ms and place on baking paper.
Bake at 180◦ 7 to 10 minutes until lightly golden.
Leave to cool a little before moving onto rack to cool .
1 comment:
Thanks for the recipe, Charlie would love to make these. x
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