Gingerbread Men Recipe
Ingredients
| 450 g/1ib plain flour | ||
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Soda bicarbonate | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Ground ginger | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 100 g/4 oz butter or margarine | ||
| Light brown sugar | 225 Gram | |
| Golden syrup | 4 Tablespoon | |
| 1 egg, lightly beaten | ||
| Decoration | ||
| 1/2 quantity Glace | ||
| Icing | ||
Directions
Lightly grease two baking trays and make a greaseproof paper piping bag.
Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon into a bowl and make a well in the centre.
Melt the butter or margarine, sugar and syrup in a saucepan over a low heat.
Do not allow the mixture to boil.
Cool slightly, then pour into the well in the dry ingredients.
Add the egg and mix well to form a soft dough.
Knead the dough lightly, then roll it out on a floured board to a thickness of 5 mm/1/4 in.
Cut the dough into shapes, using a special cutter, or draw a gingerbread man on cardboard, cut it out and use as a pattern.
Using a palette knife, carefully transfer the gingerbread men to the prepared baking trays, spacing them a little apart to allow room for spreading.
Bake the biscuits in a moderate oven (170C, 325F, gas 3) for 20 minutes, or until darkened in colour and cooked.
Carefully remove the hot biscuits from the trays and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
While the biscuits are cooling, prepare the glace icing according to the recipe instructions and pour it into the paper piping bag.
Cut a tiny hole in the point of the bag and pipe clothes and facial features on the gingerbread men.
Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon into a bowl and make a well in the centre.
Melt the butter or margarine, sugar and syrup in a saucepan over a low heat.
Do not allow the mixture to boil.
Cool slightly, then pour into the well in the dry ingredients.
Add the egg and mix well to form a soft dough.
Knead the dough lightly, then roll it out on a floured board to a thickness of 5 mm/1/4 in.
Cut the dough into shapes, using a special cutter, or draw a gingerbread man on cardboard, cut it out and use as a pattern.
Using a palette knife, carefully transfer the gingerbread men to the prepared baking trays, spacing them a little apart to allow room for spreading.
Bake the biscuits in a moderate oven (170C, 325F, gas 3) for 20 minutes, or until darkened in colour and cooked.
Carefully remove the hot biscuits from the trays and transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
While the biscuits are cooling, prepare the glace icing according to the recipe instructions and pour it into the paper piping bag.
Cut a tiny hole in the point of the bag and pipe clothes and facial features on the gingerbread men.
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