Gingerbread Cookies
You’ll love these Gingerbread Cookies. You can really taste the ginger and spice flavour.
Smells like Christmas, tastes like Christmas, looks like Christmas!
Ingredients
- 375 g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 3 tsps ground ginger
- 120 g unsalted butter (cold & cubed)
- 175 g light brown sugar
- 5 tbsps golden syrup
- 1 medium egg
Notes for the cook
I like my biscuits very gingery, but feel free to use less! (Or even a different spice – like cinnamon!)
These biscuits will last for about a week in an airtight container.
It’s best to decorate with sweets, chocolate, or royal icing.
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 190C/180C Fan and line 3-4 baking trays with parchment paper (or do it in two batches if you only have two trays!)
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Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, and ginger to a large bowl and add the cold, cubed butter to the bowl
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Rub together with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs! (Or mix the four ingredients in a food processor till its breadcrumbs!)
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Mix the sugar into the mix and combine, and then add the golden syrup and egg – beat with a spatula/your hands until it is a smooth dough.
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Knead the biscuit dough, and then roll the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface.
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Roll it out to 1/2cm thickness and cut out your desired shapes! You can do gingerbread men, snowmen, Christmas trees!
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Place them on the lined baking trays and bake in the oven for 10-11 minutes, cool on a wire rack fully, and then decorate how you please!