Gingerbread family - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
20 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
- 350 g Plain white flour
- 1 tsp Ginger (ground)
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 100 g Butter (unsalted) cubed, cold
- 150 g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
- 4 tbsp Golden syrup
- Designer icing (white) variety of colours
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1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line a couple of baking trays with greaseproof paper.
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2
Sieve the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Using your fingertips rub in the butter until you get a fine breadcrumb texture, then add the sugar and stir in.
For this step you'll need:
- 350g Plain white flour
- 1tsp Ginger (ground)
- 1tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 100g Butter (unsalted) cubed, cold
- 150g Unrefined light muscovado sugar
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3
Whisk the beaten egg and the golden syrup and add to the bowl. Mix to form a dough.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) beaten
- 4 tbsp Golden syrup
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4
Lightly flour your work surface then roll out the dough to a thickness of 3-4mm, then using gingerbread family cutters, cut out the shapes, and lay each one out onto the baking trays.
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5
Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
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Once baked, leave to cool on a wire rack.
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7
Next using royal icing in a piping bag or white designer writing icing pipe the names of your family onto the biscuits. You can use these as gifts or name tags on presents.