Hey, so a major
part of Christmas is the food, so here is my gingerbread men recipe, I hope you
enjoy making them and eating them:
Preparation time: 30 minutes to 1 hour
Cooking time: 10 to 30 minutes
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
Method:
Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of
soda, ginger and cinnamon and pour into the bowl of a food processor.
Add the butter and blend until the mix
looks like breadcrumbs.
Stir in the sugar.
Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup
together, add to the food processor and pulse until the mixture clumps
together.
Tip the dough out, knead briefly until
smooth, wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Line two baking trays with greaseproof
paper.
Roll the dough out to a 0.5cm/¼in
thickness on a lightly floured surface.
Using cutters, cut out the gingerbread
men shapes and place on the baking tray, leaving a gap between them.
Bake for 12-15 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 decorate.
I hope you
enjoyed my gingerbread recipe, if you know of any other ideas that people could
use then please feel free to leave them in the comments below, come back
tomorrow for another post. That’s all for now,
Bella xxx
