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HoHoHo Elf Bunting

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Quick and easy
Total Time
40m
Prep Time
30m
Bake Time
10m
Makes 14
Makes 14
easy
Easy

About the bunting

Spice up your home this Christmas with some homemade gingerbread bunting, Elf style! This is so simple to make, fun to decorate and will make your home look and smell really festive - what's not to love?

9 ingredients8 steps

    Method

    1. Step 1

      Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C, gas mark 4). Line a couple of baking sheets with baking parchment.

    2. Step 2

      Sieve the flour, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and butter into a large bowl and using your fingertips rub the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and stir in.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 350gAllinson's Plain White Flour
      • 1 tspGround ginger
      • 1 tspBicarbonate of soda
      • 100gUnsalted butter (softened)
      • 150gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
    3. Step 3

      Whisk the beaten egg and golden syrup together then add this to the bowl and mix to form a dough.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 1Free range large egg(s)
      • 4 tbspSilver Spoon Golden Syrup
    4. Step 4

      Lightly flour the work surface then roll out the dough until it is 3-4mm thick, then cut triangles approximately 10cm in size, and carefully transfer onto the baking sheet.

    5. Step 5

      Use a skewer or the pointy end of a teaspoon to make holes where you will thread the string or ribbon. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden brown.

    6. Step 6

      Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes then transfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.

    7. Step 7

      To decorate roll out some white, red and green icing and using cutters cut out your chosen shapes. Brush the gingerbread triangle with warmed apricot jam and stick the icing decoration to the triangle.

      Ingredients for this step

      • 150gSugar paste icing (white, red or green)
      • 4 tbspApricot jam (melted)
    8. Step 8

      Leave to set and dry for about 1 hour before threading the ribbon or string through so you can hang up your festive bunting.

    Ingredients

    • For the Biscuits

      • 350gAllinson's Plain White Flour 
      • 1 tspGround ginger 
      • 1 tspBicarbonate of soda 
      • 100gUnsalted butter (softened) 
      • 150gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar 
      • 1Free range large egg(s) 
      • 4 tbspSilver Spoon Golden Syrup 
    • For the Decoration

      • 150gSugar paste icing (white, red or green) 
      • 4 tbspApricot jam (melted) 

    Utensils

    • 2x Baking sheet
    • Baking parchment
    • Rolling pin
    • Sharp knife
    • String or ribbon

    Nutritional information per 57g serving

    • Energy 272cal
    • Fat 7.4g
    • of which Saturates 4.4g
    • Carbohydrates 48g
    • of which Sugars 29g
    • Protein 3.2g
    • Salt 0.29g

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