Gingerbread Men Recipe
Delicious gingerbread men cookies for this Christmas.
Ingredients
- 175g soft brown sugar
- 350g plain flour
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 4 tbsp Golden Syrup
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 100g butter
Preparation
- Mix thoroughly the flour, spices and sodium bicarbonate.
- Rub the butter continuously until it resembles the look of breadcrumbs.
- Pour in the sugar.
- Meanwhile, mix the golden syrup and the egg in a separate bowl. Add the mixture in the dry ingredients that have been previously set aside.
- Mix well until a dough is formed. Knead the dough in a clean surface until it has softened and became smooth.
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F.
- Roll out the dough to approximately 5mm. Use different shapes of cookie cutter to cut the dough. In case you want to make a décor out of them, you can punch a hole using a straw.
- Lay the formed dough in a baking tray and bake for at last 15 minutes or until they have turned golden brown.
- If the hole has closed, you can re-cut while allowing the cookies to cool. You can put a thread or a yarn for hanging as a Christmas tree décor.