Gingerbread Men | Christmas Blog Week Day 5

Hello everybody,

 

So we are finally the end of Christmas blog week. This week has been very hectic but I have made some lovely things out of it. I have gingerbread men fornyou today.

 

 

Prep time: 30 minutes approx.
Cook time: 10-12 minutes.
Serves: Dependent on the cutter size. 

 

 

Ingredients :
• 350g plain flour
• 1-2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 100g butter
• 175g light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoon golden syrup

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment :
• Mixing bowl
• Wooden spoon
• Teaspoon
• Tablespoon
• Baking tray
• Rolling pin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method :

 

1) Put the flour,  ginger and soda into a bowl.

 

2) Add the butter and rub together

 

3) Add sugar and stir in the syrup and egg making a firm dough. Pre heat oven.

 

 

 

 

4) Roll out dough 5mm thick and cut out your gingerbread men.

 

 

 

5) Line a baking tray and place your gingerbread men on it. Be sure to give them space to expand.

 

 

 

 

6) Bake in the oven at 19OC/ Gas mark 5 for 10-12 minutes with regular checks. Don't open the oven as it will prevent them from rising.

 

 

7) Wait for a few minutes for them to firm up, then leave them to cool.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Hope you have really enjoyed Christmas blog week. It's a bittersweet end but it has been a lot of fun. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas, I should see you
before new year but if not, have a lovely new year.

 

Christmas Countdown:

1 MORE SLEEP!!!!

 

Aoife