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Sweet Gingerbread Men
Crunchy gingerbread biscuits (cookies) cut in the shape of little people.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoon Golden Syrup
- 100 grams butter
- 225 grams soft light brown sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 450 grams plain flour
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Instructions
- Place syrup, butter and sugar in a large saucepan. Heat gently until melted.
- Remove saucepan from heat leave for 5 minutes to cool slightly, add the egg and sift the flour ginger and bicarbonate of soda on to the syrup mixture.
- Beat with a wooden spoon until well mixed and smooth ball.
- Cool for 5 to 10 minutes or until mixture is cool enough to handle, then transfer mixture to work surface and knead lightly.
- Roll out out thinly and cut out the gingerbread men with a cutter.
- Reroll the trimmings and cut more figures.
- Place shapes on to baking sheets covered with baking parchment.
- Mark the eyes, mouth and buttons with a small knife (see notes for my tips)
- Cook at 180C, 350F, Gas 4 for 10 minutes
- Remove from the oven, and leave on the trays for a few minutes until the biscuits firm then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
If you roll the dough and cut out directly onto the baking parchment it is less likely to stick I use cake decorating tools to mark the features on the gingerbread men.
You can store the biscuits in an air tight tin or plastic box for about a month, but they also freeze well and you can keep them for 3 months.
You may need to refresh them in a hot oven for a couple of minutes to make them crisp again.
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 165mgPotassium: 31mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 137IUCalcium: 6mgIron: 1mg