Ingredients
- 350g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 3 teaspoons ground ginger
- 115g butter, cubed
- 175g soft light brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons golden syrup
- 1 egg, beaten
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 5 and lay parchment paper on a few baking trays ready for the biscuits
- Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger into a large bowl.Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs; stir in sugar. Beat syrup into egg then stir into flour mixture.
- Knead the dough until smooth. Roll out to 1/2 cm thick on a lightly floured surface; stamp or cut out desired gingerbread men shapes.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and puffed, about 10-12 minutes. Let them sit on the tray for a few minutes before moving to a wire rack.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating with royal icing
Royal Icing Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 225g icing sugar sifted
- Food colouring of your choice
Method
- Place the egg white in a clean bowl and whisk using an electric mixer until soft peaks are formed
- Slowly add the icing sugar into the egg whites and continue mixing for another 5 minutes until the icing has the consistency of toothpaste.
- Pour the mixture into a piping bag and start decorating!
These tasted SO good! :)
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