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Gingerbread Men

Gingerbread Men

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

These Gingerbread Men are so tasty! You can even add decoration to them.

Preparation Time	00 minutes
Portions	20
Skill Level	Easy
Average Rating

Gingerbread Men Ingredients

350 grams	Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly) plus extra for rolling out
1 tsp	Bicarbonate Of Soda
2 tsp	Ground Ginger
1 tsp	Ground Cinnamon
125 grams	Butter
175 grams	Light Muscovado Sugar (Billington's)
1	Happy Eggs medium
4 tbsp	Golden Syrup (Silver Spoon)

Additional Ingredients

	Writing Icing (Silver Spoon Create)
	Coloured Choco Beans (Silver Spoon Create)

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How to make Gingerbread Men

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Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan/ 350°F, Gas 4. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon into the bowl of a food processor.
Add the butter and whiz untl the mix resembles bread crumbs and then stir in the sugar.
Lightly beat the egg and golden syrup together, then add to the food procesor and pulse to make a dough. Leave to chill for 15 minutes.
Roll out on a lightly floured surface to ½ cm thick. Cut out with gingerbread cutters and put on a baking tray, leaving a gap between them.
Bake for about 15 minutes. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes then move to a wire rack to finish cooling. When cooled decorate.

Reviews

Read all reviews (2) | Average rating: 5 stars

"I have tried several recipes for these, and in my 9 year old granddaughters words. \"thes are well good grandad\". She loves em."

01-02-2011 | Author: Dave290 | 5 stars

"Just made these little fellows for Valentines day, cut out lilttle hearts and filled them with chocolate, they look and taste great."

12-02-2013 | Author: cocotheclown | 5 stars

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