Double ginger gingerbread men

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• Sarena27

  08 January 2011

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• Pennyb

  18 February 2011

  Pennyb rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used half quantities of the recipe to make gingerbread hearts for my husband as a Valentine's Day surprise, and decorated with melted milk chocolate. They went down very well, and he really looked forward to having them with a hot drink! Needless to say, they went really quickly! My only difficulty with the recipe was in lifting my rolled and cut hearts, as they stretched a bit then, but I think this was really down to my lack of a good tool to do the job. The biscuits have just the right amount of chewiness, are not over-strongly gingery and the pieces of ginger reallly make them.

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• Heather

  10 March 2011

  Heather commented on this recipe

  Just made with my 3 year old grandson, they turned out brilliant and he thought the raw mixture was rather yummy!

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• jeangeniem

  17 March 2011

  jeangeniem commented on this recipe

  my class have just used this recipe (times 5!) to make red nose gingerbread men....... yummy!

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• James Pursey

  26 March 2011

  James Pursey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy to make and tastes like gingerbread men should taste like. A winner if you want to treat your kids.

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• wattsy

  28 March 2011

  wattsy commented on this recipe

  These are soo good!! I made them with small cutters so only cooked them for 8 mins and they were perfect:) yum!

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• wattsy

  28 March 2011

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• MartianGirl

  15 April 2011

  MartianGirl rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I found it really hard to roll out too! Very crumbly, but managed to squash it into round biscuits. Cooked them for only 8 mins and they are fine. Anyone else have the crumbly thing?!

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• AnitaG

  23 May 2011

  AnitaG rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I also found this recipe so crumbly that I couldn't roll it out and ended up putting it all in the bin :-( And yet I followed the recipe to the lettera nd don't think i overworked it, so don't really know what went wrong....

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• Samantha

  30 May 2011

  Samantha rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I too had the crumbly issue. I squashed it all into a round tin and made a giant cookie. Would love some suggestions as to what the issue was as my boys were really upset that they couldn't make gingerbread men.

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• Lexa

  12 June 2011

  Lexa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So much fun for little one's! Perfect solution for rainy day as quick to make and lots of fun to decorate. Didn't have stem ginger but tasted yummy but was a bit crumble and difficult to role out.

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• MalvernMum

  04 August 2011

  MalvernMum rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've just had exactly the same problem. Mix was really greasy when compressed into a ball, and impossible to roll out as it just crumbled into bits so we squashed balls of it between our hands and then baked them. Only thing I can think of is that I didn't allow the dough to cool enough before rolling?? Will try again another day...

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• Jellybean81

  12 August 2011

  Jellybean81 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Loved making these with the boys. Quick, unfussy and totally delicious!

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• Laura

  06 October 2011

  Laura rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this today with my little boy, we followed the recipe exactly but missed the pepper, they were delicous and really easy.

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• chrissy21

  08 October 2011

  chrissy21 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Although the taste is good I have a problem with the dough also. It starts off sticky but wont hold together. I have tried reducing the golden syrup but it still ends up the same. I have tried adding water as suggested but it ends up sticky and wet. Would apprecite where I am going wrong.

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• Nicola

  18 October 2011

  Nicola commented on this recipe

  Super easy and tasted delicious!

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• Jessica.S:)

  28 October 2011

  Jessica.S:) rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Sound good, I'm not a big fan of ginger so I'll use less, but sound great! I'll make dem with my lil cousin, she's 8 and she luvs baking with me!!!! Speacially cupcakes!! Jessicaxx

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• Nella

  28 October 2011

  Nella rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've tried this recipe several times and each time it's crumbly and impossible to work with! It definitely needs at least 4tbsp of golden syrup to actually bind the dough! Once recovered it tastes lovely but the recipe definitely needs to be improved!

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• Deb

  19 November 2011

  Deb rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Although the taste was lovely, they are definitely not a recipe for making with a three year old. The dough was so crumbly, yet sticky. It stuck to the rolling pin, despite copious amounts of flour and cracked as you rolled, even on the first roll out. Very frustrating for mum and eager child!!!

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• debz88

  20 November 2011

  debz88 commented on this recipe

  Great for my son who is egg allergic and dairy intolerant - he loves them, simply to make and great fun!

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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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Makes 12 big gingerbread men

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 45 mins

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

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

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