Double ginger gingerbread men

Double ginger gingerbread men

Even the smallest hands can help make these friendly little fellows made with a versatile gingerbread recipe

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12 big gingerbread men

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 45 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. Melt butter, sugar and syrup in a pan. Mix flour, soda, spices and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Stir in the butter mix and chopped ginger to make a stiff-ish dough.
  2. Wait until cool enough to handle, then roll out dough to about 5mm thick. Stamp out gingerbread men, re-rolling and pressing the trimmings back together and rolling again. Lift onto baking sheets. Bake for 12 mins until golden. Cool 10 mins on the sheets, then lift onto cooling racks.
  3. To decorate, mix icing sugar with a few drops of water until thick and smooth. Halve then slice cherries thinly to make smiles, and cut ginger into small squares. Spoon icing into a food bag, snip off the tiniest bit from one corner, then squeeze eyes and buttons, and a tiny smile onto 1 man at a time. Stick on a cherry smile and ginger buttons. Repeat; leave to set. Will keep up to 1 week in an airtight tin.
Try

Decorating

You can also use raisins, sultanas or Smarties to decorate, if you prefer.

264 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 20g, salt 0.33 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2009.

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  • Binder photo Liz

    18 November 2009

    Liz rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy. If you use really small gingerbread men cutters they need less time in the oven so they need watching carefully.

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  • Binder photo Sarah

    22 November 2009

    Sarah commented on this recipe

    Simple recipe that cooks perfectly every time. We love this recipe especially with the stem ginger!

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  • Binder photo lizb

    23 November 2009

    lizb commented on this recipe

    I didn't have astem ginger but they were great without!!

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  • Binder photo Ellie

    23 November 2009

    Ellie rated and commented on this recipe

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    These are really cute and yummy!!

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  • Binder photo rachelroo

    13 December 2009

    rachelroo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Yummy! I made stars instead of gingerbread men and found they only needed 8 mins at 170C and they turned out lovely.

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  • Binder photo Dena Littlew

    21 December 2009

    Dena Littlew rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy recipe and taste lovely but mine are rock hard! I will try again on a lower heat and for less time as suggested above

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  • Binder photo Rona

    31 December 2009

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  • Binder photo Rita Damper

    07 January 2010

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  • Binder photo Hazel

    18 September 2010

    Hazel commented on this recipe

    My great-granddaughter Grace is three years old and loved making these gingerbread men. We used raisins and tiny half-moon shaped jellies for eyes and mouth - they seemed to come to life!Tasted good too - we used different sized cutters to make families. A brilliant activity for a rainy day!

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  • Binder photo helen

    19 September 2010

    helen commented on this recipe

    i found the recipe to crumbly and almost impossible to roll out!

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  • Binder photo Sue Campbell

    31 October 2010

    Sue Campbell rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a fantastic recipe, the stem ginger is a delicious addition. I used it with pumpkin cutters for a yummy halloween treat. :o)

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  • Binder photo Lisa1803

    18 November 2010

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  • Binder photo miss silver

    21 November 2010

    miss silver commented on this recipe

    they only take 10 mins and they are easy

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  • Binder photo miss silver

    21 November 2010

    miss silver rated and commented on this recipe

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    it is easy and takes 10 mines ronan

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  • Binder photo Lorrenthio

    02 December 2010

    Lorrenthio commented on this recipe

    Made these a few nights ago, delicious!!! I have coeliacs disease so had to use gluten/wheat free flour which made them VERY hard, if anyone has any tips to make these more chewy I would love to hear them!

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  • Binder photo Tamsinjames

    02 December 2010

    Tamsinjames rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yummy even without the stem ginger (snow prevented me from getting to the shops!), i rolled them slightly thinner and cooked them for approx 5 mins. Delish!

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    05 December 2010

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  • Binder photo my_dunh

    18 December 2010

    my_dunh rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I just made a batch of these in less than 30 mins from start to finish (don't know where the 1 hour time guide coes from!!). I love the simplicity, and the fact that they don't contain any eggs. Super!

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  • Binder photo Sazzy

    24 December 2010

    Sazzy rated and commented on this recipe

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    Simply scrumptious! :)

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  • Binder photo Clairella

    24 December 2010

    Clairella rated and commented on this recipe

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    Worked best for me rolled really thin (a bit tricky) and as above reduced cooking time and watched carefully. New to cooking (thanks for the tips) ... first batch used dark molasses sugar as had no Muscovado and worked quite well. Makes plenty - yummy.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12 big gingerbread men

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 45 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 140g unsalted butter
  • 100g dark muscovado sugar
  • 3 tbsp golden syrup
  • 350g plain flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tsp ground ginger and 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
  • 2 balls stem ginger from a jar, chopped

TO DECORATE

  • 50g icing sugar
  • a few glacé cherries (we used undyed)
  • 2 balls stem ginger
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264 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 6g, fibre 1g, sugar 20g, salt 0.33 g

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