Run run as fast as you can, I am easy to make, I am the gingerbread man! Ok, that was rather poor. But had to be done.
A childhood is not complete without have tasted, at some point, a gingerbread man. Yes, we have all been into the supermarkets and seen the ones decorated with smarties on the eyes and some icing to make up the clothes. And yes, we have all bought them and enjoyed them and at the same time thought about making them.
Well, now that time has come where you are able to see just how easy it is to make gingerbread man biscuits. Also, they make your kitchen smell amazing, words cannot describe it.
Gingerbread Man Recipe
Delicious and simple gingerbread man recipe for the family kitchen.
Ingredients
- 120 grams Unsalted Butter Best at room temperature
- 175 grams Light brown sugar
- 1 Large egg
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 350 grams Plain flour
- 2 tsp Ground ginger
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 5 tbsp Golden Syrup
Instructions
Making the dough
- Mix together the flour, ground cinnamon, ground ginger and bicarbonate of soda. Ensure that they are well mixed together. (Ends up looking like the flour that you started with originally).
- Use the room temperature better and now add that into the mixing bowl. Mix in until the mixture looks something like breadcrumbs
- Add the sugar into the mixing bowl and mix it into the breadcrumb like mixture
- Add the golden syrup to a small mixing bowl and break the egg into the bowl. Then whisk the two together before during into the main mixing bowl
- Mix it all together until it forms a mixture that will hold together in your hands
- Wrap in clingfilm and put it in the fridge for 10 minutes
Rolling and Cutting the biscuits
- On a flat surface, lay down some greaseproof paper. Now place some of the dough on top. Use your hands to flatten down the dough so that it is about 2 cm thick. Now place another piece of greaseproof paper on top. Use the rolling pin on top of the paper to roll the mixture to about 0.5cm thick. The reason we do it this way is that it saves a lot of mess with the flour and stops excess flour getting into the biscuits.
- Now cut your biscuits to size. You can reuse the offcuts and roll again to make more biscuits.
Cooking
- Preheat oven to 160C (fan)/ 180C
- Place on grease proof paper on a baking tray and put in the for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven when golden and place on cooling rack to cool completely.
- Now decorate!
