Gingerbread Men & Reindeer

Name: Gingerbread Men & Reindeer
Prep time: 25 Minutes
Cook time: 10 Minutes
Yield: 20 Servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 125g butter; 100g dark brown muscovado sugar; 4 tbsps golden syrup; 325g plain flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsps ground ginger; Writing icing to decorate

preparation 25 Minutes
cook time 10 Minutes
Serves 20

Recipe and image courtesy of Waitrose & Partners

Ingredients Method

125g butter
100g dark brown muscovado sugar
4 tbsps golden syrup
325g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsps ground ginger
Writing icing to decorate

Preheat the oven to 160°C/Fan 140°C/Gas 3. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together in a pan then remove from the heat.

Sieve in the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger then stir together to make a stiff dough.

Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5mm thick. Cut out about 18-20 gingerbread men and bake on 2 large, lined baking trays for 10 minutes then remove from the oven and allow to cool.

Decorate with icing to add eyes, nose and mouth (turn the gingerbread men upside down for the reindeer).

Ingredients

125g butter

100g dark brown muscovado sugar

4 tbsps golden syrup

325g plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tsps ground ginger

Writing icing to decorate

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/Fan 140°C/Gas 3. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup together in a pan then remove from the heat.

Sieve in the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda and ground ginger then stir together to make a stiff dough.

Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 5mm thick. Cut out about 18-20 gingerbread men and bake on 2 large, lined baking trays for 10 minutes then remove from the oven and allow to cool.

Decorate with icing to add eyes, nose and mouth (turn the gingerbread men upside down for the reindeer).