
Even the smallest hands can help make these gingerbread men – perfect for Christmas. You can use raisins, sultanas or Smarties to decorate
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition:
- kcal264
- fat10g
- saturates6g
- carbs43g
- sugars20g
- fibre1g
- protein3g
- salt0.33g
Ingredients
- 140g unsalted butter
- 100g dark muscovado sugar
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
Golden syrup
goal-dun sir-rupGolden syrup is a clear, sparkling, golden-amber coloured, sweet…
- 350g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 2 tsp ground ginger and 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon
sin-ah-munA fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…
- pinch of cayenne pepper (optional)
Pepper
pep-izAlso known as capsicums, bell peppers, sweet peppers or by their colours, for example red and…
- 2 balls stem ginger from a jar, chopped
Ginger
jin-jerMainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…
To decorate
- 50g icing sugar
- a few glacé cherries (we used undyed)
- 2 balls stem ginger
Method
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.
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.
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.
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