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1. Video tutorial: Making a gingerbread house

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Beat together the softened butter with the caster sugar until creamy. Stir in bicarbonate of soda, golden syrup and the egg yolks. Sift in the plain flour and ground cinnamon and ground ginger then bring together with a wooden spoon. Shape into two balls, knead until the dough comes together, then chill for 30 mins. Roll out one ball at a time, to about 2 x £1 coin thickness. Stamp out trees with a 7cm cutter, then re-roll the trimmings. Lift dough onto greased baking sheets and bake for 10-12 mins until slightly risen and golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Will keep in an airtight container up to a week.

PER BISCUIT

96 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0g, salt 0.17 g

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• niknak1601

  16 May 2009

  niknak1601 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just made them today with a 10yr old. We added double ginger because of previous comments and they were fairly tasty. The best bit was decorating them afterwards!!!!! Will definitely make again.

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• lorraine

  10 June 2009

  lorraine commented on this recipe

  This recepie is great. Really easy to do and taste lovely. I made a batch as gingerbread men instead of trees and my 3 children ate them all in 2 day's. Definitely a success!!!

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• Ellie

  28 June 2009

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  After reading the previous comments I upped the amount of spice and they tasted good although they were a bit dry and powdery... I made koalas and kangaroos and they were perfect!

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• Ali

  25 September 2009

  Ali rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Hey guys, Well made these and they are lovely! I used actual gingerbread cutters, they were a set of 4 daddy, mummy, little girl and little boy, sad aren't I. They are yummy cold and hot and easy to repair if all goes wrong. Should defiently try 5* Alicia

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Ingredients

• 75g softened butter
• 50g caster sugar
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 50g golden syrup
• 2 egg yolks
• 250g plain flour
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger

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Makes 20-24

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Prep 15 mins

Cook 12 mins

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Ingredients

• 75g softened butter
• 50g caster sugar
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 50g golden syrup
• 2 egg yolks
• 250g plain flour
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger

PER BISCUIT

96 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0g, salt 0.17 g

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