Ginger bread Christmas place settings - recipe

Ingredients

Christmas , Gingerbread , Recipes , Place setting

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C, gas mark 4). Line a couple of baking trays with greaseproof paper.
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
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) large
- 4 tbsp Golden syrup
4

Lightly flour your work surface then roll out the dough to a thickness of 3-4mm. Cut out the shapes using a gingerbread cutter and lay each one out onto the baking trays.
5

Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
6

Once baked, leave to cool on a wire rack.
7
Make up the royal icing according to the pack instructions. Use a piping bag to pipe the names of your guests onto the biscuits.

For this step you'll need:
- 200g Royal icing sugar

⇐ Gingerbread family

Galette Breton Comme Mamie ⇒